Alistair Somerville is the Case Studies and Publications Editor at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. He commissions and edits case studies and negotiation simulations for ISD’s online library of international affairs case studies. He also works with the Director of Programs and Research to facilitate working groups on emerging diplomatic issues. At ISD, Alistair was previously the Bunker Graduate Fellow in Diplomacy and a Research Assistant.

Alistair has experience working in diplomacy, education, and media. During his graduate studies at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, he founded and produced The Europe Desk podcast in the BMW Center for German and European Studies and was editor of The Transatlanticist. His work has appeared in ISD’s case studies library, the Washington Monthly, the Georgetown Security Studies Review, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, among other outlets.

Alistair previously worked in education as an elementary school teacher in London, UK. Alongside his M.A. in German and European Studies from Georgetown, he is a graduate of Oxford University and University College London.