Karen van Loon

Associate Fellow

k.vanloon@egmontinstitute.be

Arctic, Eastern Europe, arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

Biography

Karen van Loon is an Associate Fellow in the European Affairs Programme at the Egmont Institute for International Relations and a Research Fellow at Clingendael’s Security and Defence Programme, where she specializes in Arctic geopolitics and broader security and defence issues.

She is an experienced educator and capacity-building specialist. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.

Karen holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Antwerp and both an MA and BA in Eastern-European Languages and Cultures from the University of Ghent. Her research interests focus on Arctic geopolitics, arms control, and nuclear non-proliferation.

Publications