Dr. Alexandra Dienes, born in Moscow, did her PhD at the University of Amsterdam (2017) and her MA in Political Science at the Freie University Berlin (2012). She specialises in foreign policy and political economy of Russia and the post-Soviet space. At FES ROCPE, based in Vienna, Alexandra...
Janika Schmitt is a Senior Research Associate at Sentinel Bio, a non-profit philanthropic fund that researches, funds, and scales solutions for pandemic preparedness and biosecurity. Previously, Janika was a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Progress, where she worked on U.S....
Amaury is an Analyst at the European External Action Service (EEAS), specializing in CBRN proliferation, space security, and hybrid threats. Before joining the EU, he served as an Associate Safeguards Analyst at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) until Summer 2022, and as an Assistant...
Sophie Schäffer is currently Chief of Staff and Policy Advisor for security and defence policy for a member of the German Bundestag. She previously worked at the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Foreign Office and the German Council on Foreign Relations. Sophie is an extended board...
Kim Joana Westerich-Fellner is a postdoctoral researcher at Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany, specializing in nuclear disarmament verification. She is also a member of the VeSPoTec research consortium. Previously, she served as a Mercator Fellow on International Affairs, during which she...
Eva Siegmann is a graduate student in Security Studies at Georgetown University, concentrating on technology and security. Her research interests revolve around mitigating existential and global catastrophic risks associated with advanced technologies, including nuclear weapons, synthetic...