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Nicholas Lokker
Research Associate, Transatlantic Security Program
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Nicholas Lokker is a Research Associate for the Transatlantic Security Program at CNAS. His work explores the development of the political and security order in Europe, focusing in particular on the integration and enlargement of the European Union as well as the evolving roles of Russia and the United States in the region.
Lokker has prior work experience at the Center for European Policy Analysis, the European Parliamentary Research Service, and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. He also spent a year teaching English in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He has published in Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, War on the Rocks, and Lawfare, among other outlets.
Lokker holds a BA in political science and romance languages from Duke University and an MA in European studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is proficient in French and Spanish, and he has also studied German and Russian.
Recent Publications & News
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For Putin, the EU Is a Bigger Threat Than NATO
By Nicholas Lokker & Kate Johnston
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CNAS Responds: 2024 NATO Summit in Washington
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Peter Schroeder, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nicholas Lokker
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NATO and the EU Need to Get Real on Ukrainian Membership
By Nicholas Lokker
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Resuscitating Europe's Defense Industry
By Nicholas Lokker, Jim Townsend, Sophia Besch & Christian Mölling
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Unpacking the European Parliament Elections
By Nicholas Lokker, Jim Townsend, Klaus Welle & Susi Dennison
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