Dr. Suzanne Loftus is a Professor of National Security at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and the Deputy Chair of the Strategic Initiatives Department. She obtained her doctorate in International Studies from the University of Miami where she also taught a number of classes in International Relations and Foreign Policy. She specializes in Russian foreign and domestic politics and transatlantic security. Prior to turning to academia, Suzanne worked at the United Nations and in the private sector in Geneva, Switzerland. She is the author of  Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism in Putin’s Russia – Keeper of Traditional Values. Palgrave MacMillan. (2018), and Security in the 21^st Century: Democracy and Transatlantic Values in an Age of Great Power Competition. Palgrave Macmillan, (forthcoming).