Natasha Kuhrt is a senior lecturer in International Peace & Security in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.

Her research interests include a regional focus on Russian foreign and security policies, particularly in Asia, as well as international law, intervention & peacekeeping. In 2010, she founded the British International Studies Association Working Group on Russian & Eurasian Security, which is still thriving.

She has published widely on Russian foreign policy in Asia, as well as on issues of international law and intervention. More recent publications include a paper on Russia-China relations that fed into the NATO Anniversary Summit in 2024, and an article on Russian and Chinese approaches to UN Peacekeeping. She is currently working on two co-authored volumes, one on Russian foreign policy and the other on Russia-China relations.