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Lukas Wahden
PhD Candidate
Center for International Studies (CERI)
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Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Arctic / Antarctica, Seas and Oceans, Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm
Country(ies): China, Russian Federation
Language(s): German, English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Danish
Biography
Lukas Wahden is a PhD Candidate at CERI, under the joint supervision of Hugo Meijer and Marlène Laruelle. He is also an Associate Fellow with the Russia Program at George Washington University and the editor of the Arctic security newsletter 66° North.
Lukas Wahden holds diplomas from the London School of Economics (MSc in International Relations), Sciences Po Paris (Master in International Security), the Yenching Academy at Peking University (LLM China Studies with Politics and IR) and University College London (BA European Social and Political Studies). He has also completed language training at Saint Petersburg State University and National Taiwan University.
Current Research
Foreign policy of Russia and China; international relations of the Arctic region; security logics in non-traditional domains; frontier zones and hybrid sovereignties in IR theory; politics of Global Commons governance
Thesis topic
‘Osvoenie’ beyond sovereignty: Russia’s policies towards the polar regions, high and deep sea, and outer space, supervised by Hugo Meijer and Marlène Laruelle
Teaching
Course convenor, “International Relations of the Arctic”, Sciences Po Paris (Reims campus), Niveau Bachelor
Seminar Instructor, “Introduction to Political Science” (Dr. Cyril Benoit), Sciences Po Paris (Reims campus), Niveau Bachelor
publications
A strategic partnership with limits: How to respond to Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic, Institute for Security & Development Policy, septembre 2025.
Die Arktis: Vom Friedenshort zum Kampffeld?, Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik 12/24, décembre 2024.
Brève stratégique n° 68 : La Russie dénoncera-t-elle la Convention des Nations unies sur le droit de la mer (CNUDM) ?, Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire, mai 2024.
Note de Recherche n° 141 : Big words, small deeds: Russia and China in the Arctic, Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire, février 2024.
Große Worte, kleine Taten: Russland und China in der Arktis, Zeitschrift Osteuropa, 7-9, octobre 2024.
