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 Russia policy, European integration, Russian foreign and security policy, and international security institutions.

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 The Washington Quarterly, 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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Commentary
- The Washington Quarterly
- April 30, 2025
A U.S. Strategy for Advancing EU Enlargement
By Nicholas Lokker
Commentary
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- February 27, 2025
Friends with Benefits: How Russia’s Opportunistic Partnerships Stymie Nonproliferation Efforts
By Nicholas Lokker
Podcast
- February 24, 2025
Where Peace Talks Stand in Ukraine, 3 Years into War
By Nicholas Lokker
Reports
- February 13, 2025
Averting AI Armageddon
By Jacob Stokes, Colin H. Kahl, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
Commentary
- INKSTICK
- January 29, 2025
Russia Wants a New World Order
By Kate Johnston & Nicholas Lokker