Professional Affiliation

Analyst, U.S. Government

Expert Bio

Moira Goff-Taylor has worked as a foreign policy analyst in the US Government since 2000. Her research focuses on crosscutting political and socioeconomic trends in Europe and the Middle East, including European nations’ relations with the Middle East. Since 2007, she has served as a focal point on Europe’s Middle East policies. Growing up in West Virginia, Ms. Goff-Taylor is a loyal Mountaineer and earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Studies and German at West Virginia University. She earned her Masters in International Affairs from George Washington University.

Wilson Center Project

"Turkish and European Foreign Policy."

Project Summary

Europe has been struggling with multiple crises over the past eight years and the conflict in Syria and ensuing refugee crisis have further strained European governments’ and the European Union’s ability to manage multilateral and bilateral relations. During her fellowship at the Wilson Center, Moira Goff-Taylor will examine the relations between European states and Turkey and the Middle East and the effects of the Syria crisis on foreign policy. She will explore Europe’s response and management of the refugee crisis and how it effects their approach to the Syrian conflict, ties to Turkey, and relations with Middle Eastern governments.