Felix Heuner has completed a B.A. in European Studies at Maastricht University. As a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, his research focuses on international security and industrial policy. After completing internships at the German Foreign Ministry in New York, the German Ministry for Economic Affairs in Berlin, and the department for geopolitical risk analysis at the BMW Group, he is currently pursuing a M.Sc. in Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University.