Editors and Contributors
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About the Editors
Dr. John R. Deni is a research professor of security studies at the US Army War College, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a nonresident senior fellow at the NATO Defense College. His experience also includes spending a decade in Europe as a political adviser to senior US military commanders and working in Washington as a supervising consultant for the US Departments of Defense, Energy, and State. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in international relations (College of William & Mary), a master of arts degree in US foreign policy (American University), and a PhD in international affairs (The George Washington University). Dr. Deni is the author or editor of several books, monographs, articles, chapters, essays, and op-eds, available at www.johnrdeni.com.
Mr. Jeffrey D. Rathke is president of the American-German Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. Mr. Rathke’s experience also includes serving as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, focusing on transatlantic relations and US security and defense policy, and serving in Dublin, Moscow, and Riga. He also has 24 years of experience serving the US Department of State, working mainly on European affairs, including as deputy chief of staff to the NATO secretary-general and as head of the political section of the US embassy in Berlin. He holds national honors from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as several US Department of State awards.
About the Contributors
Dr. Sophia Besch is a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC, and an adjunct lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Her area of expertise is European defense policy. Dr. Besch’s experience also includes serving as a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London and Berlin.
Mr. Tim Bosch is a research fellow with the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Technische Universität Dresden and a master’s degree in international security from Sciences Po Paris. At DGAP, Mr. Bosch’s work includes contributing to and publishing on the science-policy interface with a focus on international climate policy and Germany’s role in this field. As a research fellow, his areas of interest include the security implications of climate change and the geopolitical challenges arising from the green transition.
Mr. Loyle Campbell is a research fellow at the DGAP Center for Climate and Foreign Policy. His work focuses on the geopolitics of the energy transition and energy security. Mr. Campbell’s experience also includes completing a foreign policy fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and serving as a Harold W. Rosenthal fellow on the United States House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Mr. Campbell holds a master’s degree in international energy from the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs and a bachelor of science degree in political science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Ms. Sharon de Cet is an associate fellow at the SPEAR Institute, working at the intersection of cybersecurity, geopolitics, technology, and regional dynamics. She specializes in China-EU relations and traditional and emerging security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
Dr. Marina E. Henke is a professor of international relations at the Hertie School in Berlin (Germany) and the director of the Hertie School Centre for International Security. She also holds the Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Her research focuses on grand strategy, nuclear security, and European security and defense policy.
Ms. Theresa Luetkefend is an assistant director in the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense program, where she leads the initiative’s work on defense strategy and military operations. Originally from Germany, Ms. Luetkefend’s experience also includes working at the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute on a variety of security-related issues and spending several months at the UN Secretariat in New York. Ms. Luetkefend holds master’s degrees in Russian and East European studies from the University of Oxford and in international relations with a focus on strategic studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Dr. Aylin Matlé is a senior research fellow in the Center for Security and Defense at DGAP. Her experience also includes working as the deputy head of the Foundation Office Israel of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. in Jerusalem and as research associate at the chair for international relations and European politics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Dr. Matlé’s research interests include German and US security and defense policies, NATO, and transatlantic security and defense relations, as well as the interconnectedness of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific theaters. She publishes widely on those topics and appears regularly as a commentator in various media outlets. She is a member of NATO’s Civil Society Advisory Panel on women, peace, and security.
Dr. Angela E. Stent is director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. She is also a senior fellow (nonresident) at the Brookings Institution and cochairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. Dr. Stent’s experience also includes serving as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council and serving on the Policy Planning Staff at the US Department of State. Dr. Stent’s academic work focuses on the triangular political and economic relationship between the United States, Russia, and Europe. Her latest book is The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2014).
PD Dr. habil. May-Britt U. Stumbaum is the director of the SPEAR Institute, a professor of security studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, and an associate researcher at the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, Bundeswehr Universität Munich. She advises the EU, the German government, and corporations on geopolitical challenges in the greater Asian region. Her experience also includes serving as a team leader with the Asia-Pacific Research and Advice Network, the EU’s internal think tank on the Asia-Pacific region; the executive director of the China and Asia Security Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; and a Fritz Thyssen fellow at Harvard University. Dr. Stumbaum serves as lieutenant colonel (reserve), German Air Force, and holds a habilitation degree (Bundeswehr Universität Munich), a PhD (Freie Universität Berlin), and a master of science degree (London School of Economics and Political Science).
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