George Barros

Position:

Geospatial Intelligence Team Lead and Russia Analyst

George Barros is the Geospatial Intelligence Team Lead and an analyst on the Russia and Ukraine portfolio at the Institute for the Study of War. His work within the Geospatial Intelligence Team focuses on innovating ISW's open source research methodology with remote sensing data collection, data visualization, and geospatial analysis. George is a senior member of the ISW Russia and Ukraine portfolio and has worked on every major effort in that team since the 2020 Belarus protests. George's work with the Russia and Ukraine portfolio focuses on Russian information operations, the Kremlin’s operational art and campaign design in Ukraine and Belarus, and Ukrainian politics. George regularly briefs senior military and political decision-makers. George received his B.A. with Honors in International Relations and Global Studies with a concentration in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies from the College of William & Mary. Prior to joining ISW, he worked in the U.S. House of Representatives as an advisor on Ukraine and Russia for a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

His work and interviews have been featured in media outlets including The Hill, the Washington Post, BBC, Associated Press, Reuters, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and others.

George's maps of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine have been republished by Reuters, the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others.

In the Media:

Toxic Flood from Dam Breach Having Largest Impact on Russian-held Territory, Newsweek, June 7, 2023

"Gross Human Rights Violations due to the Aggression Against Ukraine," United Nations Briefing, February 22, 2023

Ukraine - a Year After the Russian Invasion: A Look Ahead (2023), Voice of America, February 1, 2023

US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight, The Associated Press, January 12, 2023

Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha, The New York Times, December 22, 2022

How US-made mobile-rocket artillery could change the battlefield in Ukraine, CNBC, July 29, 2022

Tracking the War in Real Time, The New York Times, June 14, 2022

ISW Publications:

Ukraine’s Operations in Bakhmut Have Kept Russian Reserves Away from the South, September 17, 2023

Russia's Religious Repression in Ukraine, April 9, 2023

Interactive Map and Assessment: Verified Ukrainian Partisan Attacks Against Russian Occupation Forces, November 1, 2022