Agnès Bertrand-Sanz completed her Ph.D in international law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) in 2010. Since January 2009, she is the Middle East policy officer for APRODEV, the association of Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox European development organisations (including Christian Aid UK, Diakonia, ICCO, Broet fur die Welt). She also teaches External Relations of the European Union at the Lille Institute of Political Studies (Science-Po Lille).