Julius von Freytag-Loringhoven is a German political consultant and the Head of the Baltic States Office for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), based in Vilnius, Lithuania. He focuses on building security policy dialogue and promoting liberal values in…
He covers the range of issues in the maritime domain from strategy to technology and capability development. Nick’s specialist areas of interest are US Navy developments; NATO, European, Russian and Chinese naval capabilities; and maritime developments in the Euro-Atlantic, Middle…
Dr. Denys Surkov, MD, PhD, is a leading Ukrainian military and emergency medicine specialist known for his work in adapting medical protocols to the realities of large-scale combat operations. He serves as a lecturer at the Department of Disaster Medicine…
Giedrius Krupauskas is a high-ranking Lithuanian intelligence official who currently serves as a Deputy Director of the State Security Department (VSD), Lithuania’s national security agency. He began his career with the VSD in 2010 and has extensive experience in intelligence…
Tony Lawrence is the head of the defence policy and strategy programme at the International Centre for Defence and Security, Tallinn, Estonia. His research focuses on various aspects of defence and deterrence in the Baltic region including the defence policies…
Dr. Aleksander Olech is the Head of International Cooperation at Defence24 Group and Editor-in-Chief of Defence24.com. He lectures at national and international universities, is a NATO associate, analyst, and publicist. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of the Department at…
Sandis Šrāders is a Latvian foreign policy and defense expert. He is the Director of Defense Innovation at Riga Technical University and a Senior Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. He also served as the Secretary General of…
Dr. Michael Gjerstad is part of the IISS-Europe and its Defence and Military Analysis research programme as a land warfare analyst, and conducts research on Russian defence industry, force structures, and battlefield adaptations. His work translates this into strategic insights on…
Before joining the IISS, Fabian was a research and development specialist in the defence industry. He previously worked as a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California. Fabian holds a BA in Political Science and…
Maurits is a technical founder and leader with over seven years of experience in defense autonomy and robotics. He is a CEO ofNexus which is a military Command and Control platform that helps operators plan and execute missions with one…