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CPC Staff
Nicholas Castillo
Program Officer
Nicholas Castillo is a Program Officer at the Caspian Policy Center. In 2024, he completed his B.A. at George Washington University, majoring in political science and international affairs, focusing on East Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and conflict studies. During his undergraduate education, he studied abroad in Tbilisi, Georgia during the summer of 2023. At CPC, his primary areas of interest include security, Russian involvement in the Caspian region, the South Caucasus, and the domestic politics of Georgia and Armenia. Nicholas also works on new media development and podcast production.
Prior to becoming a Program Officer, Nicholas held a research internship at CPC from fall 2023 to spring 2024 and interned at the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States in the spring and summer of 2022.
In the News
Russia’s Taliban Recognition: What It Means for Central Asia
Nicholas Castillo cited in TASS
Date: 17 July 2025
Moscow's Point-Men for Central Asia and the South Caucasus
Nicholas Castillo cited in Gazprom, Office of the President of Russia, Sputnik Abkhazia, Office of the President of Uzbekistan
Date: 12 June 2025
As Russia Re-Stalinizes, Kazakhstan Looks Ahead
Nicholas Castillo cited in TASS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, City of Almaty
Date: 11 June 2025
Between Ankara and Jerusalem: Strategic Dynamics Among Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Israel
Nicholas Castillo cited in President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Date: 20 May 2025