Nicholas Lokker

Research Associate, Transatlantic Security Program

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Nicholas Lokker is a research associate for the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). His work focuses on transatlantic relations, Russian foreign policy, international order and institutions, and European integration.

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.

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Podcast
- October 4, 2024
Exploiting Russian Weakness: Moldova and Georgia at a Crossroads
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
Reports
- October 3, 2024
Exploiting Russian Weakness
By Nicholas Lokker & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Events
- September 24, 2024
Virtual Event | Exploiting Russian Weakness: Moldova and Georgia at a Crossroads
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
Commentary
- Foreign Policy
- July 15, 2024
For Putin, the EU Is a Bigger Threat Than NATO
By Nicholas Lokker & Kate Johnston
Press Note
- July 8, 2024
CNAS Responds: 2024 NATO Summit in Washington
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Peter Schroeder, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nicholas Lokker