Colonel (Ret.) Keith Derbenwick is a Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

Colonel (Ret.) Derbenwick served in the US Air Force for 28 years, with leadership positions spanning operations, policy development, intelligence, and international relations.  He served as Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché at the US Embassy in Bucharest, Romania (2020-2024), and as Air Attaché in Ankara, Turkiye (2013-2017).  He is a former F-16 instructor pilot and also flew Jaguars as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom.

Before joining CEPA, Keith was an academic instructor for NGA’s Regional Studies Program, where he taught courses on NATO.  He currently lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his wife and youngest son.