Age Steenbreker is an MA student in International Affairs at the Hertie School, Berlin, specialising in international security. He holds a BSc in Political Science: International Relations and Organisations from Leiden University. In addition to his work at EPIS, he serves as Head of the Europe & Eurasia Desk at Global Weekly and is the current Vice-Chair of the European Public Policy Conference. His research interests focus on European security, strategic coercion, and intelligence studies.