Kaija Schilde

Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University

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Kaija Schilde is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies. Her research interests involve European and transatlantic security, the political economy of defense and security markets and industries, EU lobbies and interest groups, and the role of private nonstate actors in national and international security.

Her book manuscript, Embedded in Brussels: the Political Economy of European Security, is an investigation of the relationship between EU institutions and interest groups, with a focus on security and defense interests, including the formation of EU internal and external security policies such as Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and immigration and border security. Her other research investigates the causes and consequences of military spending cuts, defense reform and force transformation, arms exports under conditions of dependence and austerity, and the international diffusion of domestic and border security practices. She has a policy background in defense reform and transatlantic security.

ISIS-claimed German attack presents yet another test for asylum policies

July 19, 2016

Christian Science Monitor Kaija Schilde, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for an attack by a 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who wounded five people with an axe near the southern German city of Würzburg on Monday, calling the attacker an IS “soldier”… Expert […]

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Hillary Clinton: US negotiated agreement that made it easier to get EU flight data

March 29, 2016

Politifact Kaija Schilde, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies The United States needs to work more closely with Europe to stymie international terrorism, especially stopping westerners from flocking to the Islamic State, said Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton… View full article quoting expert Kaija Schilde  

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Desperate Journey’s: Donal Tusk says Europe must act to get migration crisis under control

January 20, 2016

Al Jazeera English Kaija Schilde, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies View video of expert Kaija Schilde

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