Thibault Muzergues
Thibault Muzergues has been working at the International Republican Institute since 2011, and currently serves as Senior Advisor as he heads the Institute’s activities in Rome, Italy. At IRI he specialises in political parties and the geopolitics of Europe and the Mediterranean. Prior to his work at IRI, Thibault was for five years a fundraiser and direct marketing consultant to France’s then leading party, UMP, and Nicolas Sarkozy. He started his career in London, UK, where he served as advisor to the British Conservatives, both at regional and local levels.
A graduate of the London School of Economics and Sciences Po Paris, he regularly writes on generalist and specialised media in France, Spain, Italy and the US. He is the author of The Great Class Shift: How Four Social Tribes Are Redefining Western Politics (Routledge, 2019) and War in Europe? From Impossible War to Improbable Peace (Routledge, 2022). He is currently preparing his next book on post-populism, which will be published in 2024.