Frances G. Burwell

Frances G. Burwell, Managing Director, advises clients on the European Union and US-EU relations.

Since 2017, Dr. Burwell has been a member of McLarty’s Europe team, assisting clients in understanding European Union politics and regulations, as well as the markets and regulations of key member states and of the United Kingdom. Her expertise is focused on digital and technology regulation, as well as European energy policy and the transition from Russia and fossil fuels to renewables.  She is also a Distinguished Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and a member of the Advisory Board of Allied for Startups

From 2008-2016, Dr. Burwell served as the Atlantic Council’s Vice President for European Union and Special Initiatives and Director of Transatlantic Programs and Studies. She previously led the Program on Transatlantic Relations, and was a leading initiator and organizer of the Wroclaw Global Forum in Poland, the Council’s flagship European conference.

Dr. Burwell’s research has focused on the digital economy and privacy, US-EU trade and investment, US-EU security cooperation, and EU institutions and processes, as well as US-EU relations, including the Trade and Technology Council. A frequent commentator on EU issues, Dr. Burwell is the author of numerous policy reports and has contributed to The Telegraph, The Hill, C-SPAN, and NPR, among other outlets.

Prior to her time at the Atlantic Council, Dr. Burwell was the Executive Director of the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland and the founding Executive Director of Women in International Security (WIIS) at the Center for International and Security Studies.

Dr. Burwell holds a BA in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College, an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.