Mariana is a master’s student in political science at Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on Canadian Arctic foreign policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies, specializing in peace and security, and recently completed a microprogram in Russian language and culture, which informs her interest in Russian foreign policy. She also studied European affairs on exchange at Sciences Po Strasbourg.
In February 2026, she presented her research on competing definitions of the Indo-Pacific as a marker of rival strategic interests at the annual conference of the CÉRIUM’s Asian and Indo-Pacific Studies Chair. Through her participation in United Nations and ICAO simulations, she developed strong skills in analyzing state strategic postures, earning the Best Position Paper award at National Model UN in 2024. She is also a teaching assistant at the Université de Montréal for a course on comparative foreign policy theories. Fluent in French, English and Spanish, she has an intermediate level of Russian.
Expertise
- International Relations
- Arctic Security
- Russian foreign policy
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