Dr. Srdjan Cvijic joined the Open Society Foundations in September 2015. He holds a PhD from the Law Department of the European University Institute in Florence. Cvijic has been engaged in EU policy work since 2005. He is responsible for advocacy in the field of rights, values, and international law in EU external policies, as well as broader topics related to the rule of law and anti-corruption in the EU enlargement countries (Western Balkans & Turkey), the Middle East and North Africa. He speaks English, French, Italian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.