Hugo Meijer

Hugo Meijer is a CNRS Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at the Center for International Studies (CERI) of Sciences Po, Paris. He founded the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) and serves as Senior Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) in Brussels, and Honorary Researcher at the Centre for War and Diplomacy, Lancaster University.

• PhD in International Relations from Sciences Po
• M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University
• B.A. in Political Economy from LUISS Guido Carli

His research spans three interconnected areas: US-China relations and the reconfiguration of American hegemony through alliance systems in Europe and Asia-Pacific; European defense policies, including capability pooling and autonomous security; and European responses to China's rise, focusing on shifting threat perceptions and policy instruments.

Recent publications explore NATO's Indo-Pacific engagement, alliance networking, and the biological-social duality of human conflict. His work has appeared in International Security, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Survival, addressing topics like nodal defense structures, covert balancing, and deterrence dynamics.

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
• Co-editor of The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces
• Author of Trading with the Enemy: US Export Control Policy toward China

He has taught at King’s College London and currently offers graduate courses on foreign and defense policy, US hegemony, and diplomacy-intelligence nexus. Fluent in multiple languages, Meijer combines field research from 223 interviews with archival analysis, including leaked diplomatic cables and FOIA-released documents.