Elif Dördüncü AydemirPresident
Areas of expertise
- Political Strategy
- Political Risk Assessment
- Campaign Management
- Team and Network Management in Politics
Education
- PhD, Political Science, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Master, Political Sociology, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Master, International Relations-Strategy, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- BA, Political Science and Public Administration,Marmara University
Elif Dördüncü Aydemir is an advisory board member of The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. While working and setting winning strategies for over 180 campaigns around the world, she gives importance to academic presence in political science. She loves to work with students to convey her experience and knowledge to younger generations. She continues to work as a lecturer and gives seminars in prestigious universities around the world.
After graduating from Marmara University, Political Science and Public Administration Department, she continued her studies in Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Elif Dördüncü Aydemir is an active member of IAPC (International Association of Political Consultants), EAPC (European Association of Political Consultants) and ISPP (International Society of Political Psychology).
She has completed her Master Degrees in International Relations-Strategy and also in Political Sociology from Sorbonne Paris I University where she continued to her PhD studies examining the political discourse of Turkish and Greek nationalisms. She is fluent and provides consultancy in English, French, Spanish and Turkish.
Latest Analyses & Insights on Elif's expertise
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Europe builds an economic security hub to stop being the battleground
Brussels is trying to harden the EU’s economic backbone before it gets crushed between Washington and Beijing. The new plan the European Commission just unveiled is less about free trade in the old sense and much more about survival in a weaponised global economy.
At the core of the proposal is the creation of an “economic security hub” inside the EU system, meant to act as a nerve centre linking policymakers, regulators and companies. The goal is to spot risks early, coordinate responses and help firms navigate an environment where tariffs, export controls and sanctions are now routine tools of statecraft.
December 4, 2025 -
Macron tests whether Europe can still hedge between Washington and Beijing
Emmanuel Macron’s latest trip to Beijing is essentially a test of whether France, and by extension Europe, can still play “strategic balancer” between China, the United States and Russia in a far more adversarial world. On paper, the visit is about cooperation on Ukraine, trade and climate; in practice, it’s about damage control on multiple fronts: a lopsided trade relationship, EU-China tariff warfare, and a war in Europe where Beijing’s leverage over Moscow remains more hypothetical than real.
Macron arrives in China carrying two heavy burdens: a yawning French trade deficit with Beijing and deep anxiety at home about industrial decline. He wants more market access for French companies in aviation, energy, luxury goods, agriculture and nuclear, and he wants to show he can protect jobs and secure contracts as his presidency ages and domestic politics grow harsher.
December 4, 2025 -
Markets bet on an AI-driven new era while the macro data still look old-school
Ever since generative AI exploded into public view, financial markets have been living inside a tug-of-war narrative: is this the foundation of a new economic era, or just the latest glossy wrapper on an old-fashioned tech bubble? On one side are the true believers who argue that AI isn’t just another sector story, it’s a macro story, akin to electrification or the internet. On the other are skeptics who see stretched valuations, easy money and hype, and hear echoes of 1999.
What’s changed in the last year is that this isn’t just a philosophical debate anymore: companies and governments have literally committed trillions of dollars in capex on the assumption that AI will transform productivity across the U.S. economy, and probably far beyond it.
December 4, 2025