Zahar Hryniv is a program assistant at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, where he supports the Center’s research and programming on Ukraine, Russia, and the wider region. Hryniv initially joined the Eurasia Center as a young global professional in the fall of 2025.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Hryniv served as a political and economic intern with the Department of State at the US embassy in Moscow and the US consulate general in Almaty through the Virtual Student Federal Service program. Additionally, he worked as a research assistant at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, where he supported a Title VIII fellow in examining the 1995-1996 OSCE Minsk Group’s mediation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan. His own academic research has focused on peace settlement efforts in Ukraine and US-Russia relations.

Hryniv holds a master’s degree in Central and East European, Russian, and Eurasian studies from the University of Glasgow, with study abroad experience at the University of Tartu in Estonia and KIMEP University in Kazakhstan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Trinity College Dublin.