Gesine Weber is a research analyst at the Paris Office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a PhD candidate at the Defence Studies Department King’s College London. An expert in European security and defence, her research portfolio includes the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), EU-UK relations, the E3 (France, Germany, UK), and Europe’s role on the geopolitical chessboard. She regularly comments and publishes on European security and defense in English, French, and German, both in media and more academic formats. Gesine resides in Paris, France.