Affiliations

• Senior Fellow, World in 2050

• Visiting Fellow for Geostrategic Competition, New America

• Senior Advisor for Defense and International Affairs, CAS Strategies LLC

• Co-Founder, Congolese Diaspora Impact Strategies LLC

• Co-Founder, NextGen NatSec

• Advisory Board Member, Georges Malaika Foundation (Malaika)

• Political Partner and Former Transatlantic Security Expert Group Director, Truman National Security Project

• Youth Ambassador and Board Member, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (2018-2021)

• National Security Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (2018-2019)

• Foreign Policy Expert,  “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation” Project, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (2018).

Publications

• Laura Kupe, “The DR Congo’s Cobalt Power Move,” New America, November 5, 2o25.

• Laura Kupe, “Global South must be active part of shaping AI Future,” Diplomatic Courier, September 23, 2025.

• Laura Kupe, “NATO’s long–term success requires buy–in from younger generations,” Diplomatic Courier, June 24, 2025.

• Laura Kupe, “The U.S. Should Aim Higher in Its ‘Minerals for Peace’ Deal With Congo,” World Politics Review, May 2o, 2025.

• Laura Kupe, “Populists Keep Winning the Messaging War in Europe Over Migration,” World Politics Review, January 25, 2019.

• Laura Kupe, “Berlin Protests Highlight Need for Sound Employment Discrimination Laws in Germany,” American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, October 18, 2018. 

• Laura Kupe, “#WURDoftheDay: Under Macron, France Has Yet to Tackle Racism & Xenophobia in French Society,” WURD Radio, April 3, 2018.

• Alan G. Stolberg, Stuart Johnson, and Laura Kupe, “Building Partner-Nation Capacity Through the Defense Education Enhancement Program.” Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018.