Lotje Boswinkel

Lotje Boswinkel is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. She is also a Morgenthau fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center and a Next-Generation Fellow at NATO Defense College. Her research focuses on deterrence and US alliances in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

Lotje has published with Survival and International Affairs, and written for various think tanks and policy outlets, including War on the Rocks, RUSI, and the Council on Geostrategy. Prior to joining CSDS, Lotje worked as a strategic analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. She holds a master’s degree in international security from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

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