Jolina-Zoe Zarda is a Master’s student in International Affairs at the Hertie School, Berlin, specialising in international security. She holds a BA in International Relations and International Organizations from the University of Groningen. Her interests include security and defence, peacekeeping, and non-state actors. She has experience with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Athens and is active in the Hertie Security Club and the German Council on Foreign Relations.