David Abramson is a Senior Fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

Abramson served for 20 years as an analyst in the US Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), covering Russian foreign policy from 2017 to 2025 and Central Asia from 2005 to 2017. In 2023, he was seconded to the research analysts of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), where he wrote and briefed on Russia-China relations.

Before joining INR, Abramson worked for four years in the Office of International Religious Freedom within the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. He has published widely on Russian foreign policy and Central Asia, on topics including Muslim identity, Islamic education, political Islam, and civil society.