Lisa Klaassen

Lisa Klaassen is a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, reporting on the intersection of AI, law, and national security. She is also a PhD candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Research Affiliate with the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, focusing on international and frontier AI governance.

Lisa previously worked as a Writer for CNN in Paris and London, and has helped shape policy across the UK Ministry of Defence and FCDO, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the EU, and the African Union. She previously worked at the EU Institute of Security Studies, Institut Montaigne, and the Rift Valley Institute, and has held research fellowships with the Oslo Nuclear Project and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies. She is a UK Rising Leader with the Aspen Institute and a St Antony’s College Scholar, and holds an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and a BA from the University of Cambridge, both summa cum laude.