Lucas F. Hellemeier is a Ph.D. candidate at the John F. Kennedy Institute at Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on the political economy of security and defense. In his dissertation, Lucas analyzes European missile acquisition policies under the constraints of US dominance in the defense industrial field. He was a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow (2022-2023) at the University of Notre Dame's International Security Center (NDISC). His MA thesis on European fighter aircraft procurement won the 3rd place in the 2021 edition of the 'Aquila Ascendens' price award by the German Dialogue Forum on Security Politics. Lucas's teaching experience include a seminar on the role of armaments in international relations, a lecture on defense industrial globalization, and a summer seminar on the role of economics in Grand Strategy.
