Mónika Palotai

International Law, Human Rights, Energy Security

Hungarian, English, French, Arabic

Mónika Palotai is a Senior Research Fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute, Washington DC previously Visiting Research Fellow at Hudson Institute. She holds a BA degree in Communication and Media at the Budapest Business School, Hungary, a J.D at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Hungary, Sharia Law (LL.M.) at the University of Sharjah, MA degree in International Public Service at the University of Public Service, Hungary. Subsequently, she continued her studies at the Ph.D. program of the Doctoral School of Public Administration Sciences as a Hungarian state scholarship holder. She is scheduled to defend her thesis in 2023 autumn on regulatory challenges of private military and security companies. Her articles on various issues of EU law, international law and energy security have been published across Europe and in the US in the Newsweek, The National Interest, Washington Examiner, The Epoch Times, and The American Conservative. Mónika is a mother of two, Benjamin (19) and Noel (13). She is an accomplished equestrian competing in both showjumping and endurance.