Tomas Janeliūnas

Prof. Tomas Janeliūnas is a Research Professor at the Department of International Relations, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS). He has taught at IIRPS since 2003 and served as department head from 2013–2018. His research spans International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, and Energy Policy.

• PhD in Political Science (Vilnius University, 2006)
• Editor-in-Chief of Politologija (2009–2020) and Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review (2007–2014)
• Contributor to IQ journal (2010–2019)

His research projects include:

• Grybauskaitė’s Doctrine (2018–2019) on Lithuanian foreign policy
• Energy Union Priorities (2019–2020) in Central/Eastern Europe
• NATO’s Northeast Quartet (2018) for Baltic-Polish defense
• Russian Development Scenarios (2015–2016) for regional security

His publications and projects focus on small state foreign policy, energy security, and military cooperation in the Baltic region. He has also served as an expert for the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Lithuania’s Parliamentary National Security Committee.