Elizabeth Anderson is a foreign affairs and security advisor with significant experience in strategic policy design and crisis leadership. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in Washington, D.C. (2024–2025), where she was a visiting associate fellow with the Transatlantic Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS). Prior to this, she served as Director of Operations and Senior Advisor for International Security to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, leading files on Russia–Ukraine, Europe, NATO, complex consular cases, and military export controls. Elizabeth Anderson is also the Founder & Principal of ERA Strategies and a fellow at the Montreal Institute for Global Security.
A steady hand under pressure, she is capable of synthesizing complex geopolitical risk analyses into clear policy advice and building productive relationships that transform strategy to action. Her research explores how authoritarian regimes utilize cognitive and grey-zone warfare — particularly psychological and influence operations — to threaten democratic resilience.