Lukas is a Yenching Academy Scholar at Peking University, where he researches Chinese foreign and defence policy and studies Mandarin Chinese.

He has authored reports and commentaries on Chinese military strategy and China’s defence industry, and has worked in policy research, advocacy and public affairs in Addis Ababa, Brussels, London and Vienna.

Lukas holds a BSc in Politics and International Relations with History from New College of the Humanities in London, and an MSc in International Relations from LSE.