Ricardo Borges de Castro is a European and global affairs analyst with more than 25 years’ experience in international relations, public policies and the strategic perspective. He is a guest columnist at Sábado magazine, a senior adviser at the European Policy Centre (EPC) and a senior non-resident fellow for the strategic perspective at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
His areas of interest focus on geopolitics, the international role of the EU and the future of Europe, transatlantic relations and global trends and scenarios.
He was a visiting researcher at the College of Europe from April to December 2024 and associate director and director of the Europe in the World project at the EPC, a think tank based in Brussels.
He was a Member of Cabinet under José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, and held positions in the office of the Prime Minister and in the Portuguese parliament.
He has a Master's in Arts (MALD) from the Fletcher School and a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford (St Antony's College).

Last updated: april 2026