Augustine Ushie is a lawyer and Research Assistant at the European Parliament in Brussels, where he supports parliamentary work on migration, nuclear non-proliferation,  peace and security, and Africa–EU cooperation. His work engages closely with the Delegation to the Africa-EU Assembly and the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, contributing research on the European Union’s nuclear policy and monitoring developments across the AU, ECOWAS, the United States and China.

He is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar pursuing a triple master’s degree in international law, security and European law at the University of Glasgow, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, and Radboud University. He has held research and policy roles at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the ECOWAS Court of Justice, the African Union’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy.

Augustine has lectured and presented at institutions including the T.M.C. Asser Institute, the OPCW, IBEI, and the Central European Academy. His publications address nuclear order, disarmament, regional security, space law, and the jurisprudence of international law, with forthcoming work in leading international law outlets.

He is a Trust Fund Recipient of the International Court of Justice Judicial Fellowship Programme and the recipient of seven prestigious international scholarship offers, including the University of Oxford Graduate Scholarship. His professional and academic interests lie at the intersection of international law, global security, and Africa–EU relations, particularly in multilateral governance and disarmament diplomacy.