Anca Agachi

Anca Agachi is co-Lead of the Alliances Portfolio in the National Security Research Division and a defense policy analyst at RAND. Her research interests include transatlantic security and defense (NATO, EU); Alliance dynamics; global governance; the security implications of emerging technologies, especially space and AI; and strategic foresight. Anca is also a Nonresident Fellow with the Atlantic Council, a NextGen Fellow with the NATO Defense College, and a 2026 Charlemagne Prize Fellow.

Prior to joining the RAND Corporation, Anca served as associate director and resident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, where she spearheaded projects focusing on future threats to NATO and transatlantic security. Previously, she worked for the European Union’s European Defence Agency on defense capability development projects in the information security and space domains and served as a United Nations youth representative for Romania, focusing extensively on the UN 2030 Agenda and sustainable development goals. Anca holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.