Hrant Kostanyan is a visiting researcher at Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and an expert at the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI) Info Centre in Brussels, Belgium. He is a PhD candidate in political science (EU studies) at Ghent University, Belgium. His current research focuses on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the EU policies towards its Eastern neighbours. He holds Master of European Studies from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and MA from Marquette University (WI, USA).