Karolina is a Master’s student in War and Defense at the Swedish Defense University and a graduate of University College Maastricht. Her interests include hybrid warfare, European defence industrial strategy, transatlantic relations, and Sino-Russian cooperation. Karolina gained experience at the U.S. Congress and the Korean Embassy in Warsaw. She is a co-founder of the Mare Balticum Institute for Cooperation and Strategy, a think tank focused on security in the Baltic Sea region.