Articles by Nicholas Lokker

June 3, 2025

🧭 Why EU enlargement is a strategic necessity for the United States

Nicholas Lokker
EU enlargement serves not only European interests but also those of the United States. As Nicholas Lokker argues, expanding the European Union strengthens peace in a vital region and enhances the EU’s capacity to act as Washington’s partner of first resort amid mounting global challenges
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Nicholas Lokker
Research Associate, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Nicholas' work focuses on transatlantic Russia policy, European integration, Russian foreign and security policy, and international security institutions.

He has published in The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, War on the Rocks, and Lawfare, among other outlets.

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