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I joined the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in October 2010, and the Royal Elcano Institute in May 2016.I am also an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Baltic Defence College, and a member of the editorial board of Parameters: The US Army War College Quarterly. Earlier, I was a postdoctoral FWO Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs (Columbia University) and a visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins University). I specialize in geopolitics and grand strategy, particularly from a European perspective. Current research projects include Europe's place in Sino-American competition, the evolution of U.S. force posture and defense strategy and its impact upon transatlantic relations; changing geostrategic dynamics in Asia and their implications for Europe. Other research interests include NATO, the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and the security and defence policies of Britain, France, Germany and Spain.Latest publications:Books:- The Spectre of a Westphalian Europe, Whitehall Paper 90 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).- Geopolitical Change, Grand Strategy and European Security (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)Articles in peer-reviewed journals (selection):- Neorealism, Security Cooperation, and Europe's Relative Gains Dilemma, Security Studies, 26:2 (2017), 185-212.- The "Third" US Offset Strategy and Europe's "Anti-Access" Challenge, Journal of Strategic Studies 39:3 (2016), 417-445.- Balancing Priorities in America's European Strategy, Parameters 46:1 (2016), 13-24.- Seapower and US Forward Presence in the Middle East: Retrenchment in Perspective, Geopolitics 21:1 (2016), 115-147.- Europe, the rise of Asia and the future of the transatlantic relationship, International Affairs 91:5 (2015), 269-289. - Understanding US Retrenchment in Europe, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 57:2 (2015),157-172.

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