Bachelor of Arts (BA) · Hertie School of Governance Berlin
Alexandra is an MIA candidate at the Hertie School and specializes in international security with a particular focus on geopolitical analysis and nuclear security. She combines experience in public sector consulting, event management, political consulting, and research, which she gained at Capgemini Invent, the Munich Security Conference, and the German Institute for International Politics and Security, among others. She is currently a student assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
A major takeaway from ILA Berlin 2026 was the urgent push across all three domains for independent technologies, industrial competitiveness, and defence readiness including high-end software-defined defence in Europe.
Chips have proven that geography, cutting-edge expertise and power matter in a globalised world. They have been a key ingredient in great power competition and revolutionised warfare, play a key role in the AI revolution, and have a value chain that is global but fraught with weaponised bottlenec…
