Charly Johan Salonius-Pasternak is an international affairs researcher and writer. Currently, he is a researcher at the Foreign Policy Institute. His work focuses on the role of the United States in crisis management and peacekeeping, and on NATO.Salonius-Pasternak completed his international undergraduate degree in Brussels, then received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wesley and he an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Helsinki.