Leonard Schuette

Leonard Schuette is an International Security Program Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. His work at the intersection of academia and policy focuses on European defense, transatlantic relations, and the crisis of multilateralism. 

Previously, he was a senior researcher at the Munich Security Conference, a DAAD Fellow at the American-German Institute, a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, and an O’Donnell Fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London. 

Leonard has co-edited recent Munich Security Reports and co-authored The Survival of International Organisations (OUP). He has also published various policy briefs and academic articles in journals such as International Affairs and the Journal of European Public Policy. He also regularly provides commentaries for newspapers and briefings for decisionmakers. 

Leonard holds a Ph.D. from Maastricht University, an M.Phil. from Cambridge University, and an M.A. from the University of St Andrews.