Tyson Barker

Tyson Barker is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center. His work focuses on US-EU relations, economic statecraft, and tech policy. He has served at the State Department in various senior positions in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2014-2015 and from 2023-2025, most recently as deputy special representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery.

Previously, Barker served as the founding head of the Technology and Foreign Policy Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations. He previously worked at Aspen Germany where, as deputy executive director and fellow, he was responsible for the institute’s digital and transatlantic programs. His writing has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico, The Atlantic, and Der Spiegel.

Barker has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his native English, he speaks fluent German, Spanish, and French.