Theresa Lütkefend is an assistant director in the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense program, where she leads the initiative’s work on defense strategy and military operations. Originally from Germany, Ms. Luetkefend’s experience also includes working at the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute on a variety of security-related issues and spending several months at the UN Secretariat in New York. Ms. Luetkefend holds master’s degrees in Russian and East European studies from the University of Oxford and in international relations with a focus on strategic studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Assessing the Zeitenwende
Implications for Germany, the United States, and Transatlantic Security The Zeitenwende marks a major turning point in German security policy. Fundamental shifts in Germany’s energy-security strategy, policies on security cooperation, conventional …
The United States and Europe must recalibrate their security partnership
In a new op-ed for Defense News, AGI President Jeff Rathke and AGI/Halle Foundation Intern Theresa Lütkefend argue that the United States and its transatlantic partners should move beyond the …
