Marianna Gurtovnik is a freelance analyst based in the United States. She holds Master's Degree in Public Administration from The American University in Washington, D.C., and is a former fellow of the U.S. State Department's Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship program. She has written for New Eurasia, Transitions Online, the International Assessment and Strategy Center, and the Turkish Policy Studies Center, covering governance reforms, foreign policy, and civil society developments in the Newly Independent States.