Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

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Luke Coffey is a senior fellow at 华体会. His work analyzes national security and foreign policy, with a focus on Europe, Eurasia, NATO, and transatlantic relations.

Biography

Luke Coffey is a senior fellow at 华体会. His work at Hudson analyzes national security and foreign policy, with a focus on Europe, Eurasia, NATO, and transatlantic relations.

Mr. Coffey was previously director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation from 2015 to 2022, in which role he oversaw and managed a team covering most of Heritage鈥檚 foreign policy and international affairs work. From 2012 to 2015, he was the Margaret Thatcher fellow at Heritage, focusing on relations between the United States and the United Kingdom and on the role of NATO and the European Union in transatlantic and Eurasian security.

Before joining Heritage, Mr. Coffey served at the UK Ministry of Defence as senior special adviser to then-British Defence Secretary Liam Fox. He was the first non-UK citizen appointed to this position by the prime minister to provide advice to senior British ministers. Among his duties was helping shape British defense policy in relation to transatlantic security, NATO, the Middle-East, and Afghanistan.

Mr. Coffey previously worked in the House of Commons as an adviser on defense and security issues for the Conservative Party. He helped develop and implement policy initiatives on security and defense matters, in particular drafting the defense section of the party鈥檚 2010 election manifesto.

His work in British politics followed his service to the United States as a commissioned officer in the Army. He spent his entire time on active duty overseas and was stationed in Italy with the Army鈥檚 Southern European Task Force. In 2005, Mr. Coffey deployed to Afghanistan for a year and was awarded the Bronze Star.

Mr. Coffey鈥檚 commentary and analysis have been widely published and he has been interviewed on television and radio by prestigious media outlets in the US and overseas. For his work in support of Ukrainian sovereignty, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded him an Order of Merit, Third Class in August 2024.

Mr. Coffey has testified before the US Congress on NATO, Arctic security, the war in Afghanistan, and US policy in the South Caucasus. He has provided written testimony to the UK鈥檚 House of Lords Committee on the Arctic. His research has been quoted in reports by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the House of Lords Committee on the Arctic.

Mr. Coffey received a Master of Science degree in the politics and government of the European Union from the London School of Economics. He holds a BA in political science from the University of Missouri鈥揝t. Louis and studied African politics at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.

An avid traveler, Mr. Coffey has lived on four continents and visited more than seventy countries. A native of Missouri, he and his family currently reside in Northern Virginia.

Events
31
March 2025
Past Event
鈥淭he Perfect Allies鈥�: Examining the US-Baltic Relationship Under the Trump Administration
Featured Speakers:
Amb. Kalev Stoicescu
Amb Eitvydas Bajar奴nas
Olevs Nikers
Luke Coffey
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31
March 2025
Past Event
鈥淭he Perfect Allies鈥�: Examining the US-Baltic Relationship Under the Trump Administration

With global threats to freedom on the rise and America鈥檚 security commitments growing uncertain, join Luke Coffey and a panel of Baltic security experts for a discussion on the future of US-Baltic relations in the second Trump administration.

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Featured Speakers:
Amb. Kalev Stoicescu
Amb Eitvydas Bajar奴nas
Olevs Nikers
Luke Coffey
26
March 2025
Past Event
Red Lines, Ceasefires, and Peace in Ukraine: A Conversation with Oleksii Goncharenko
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Oleksii Goncharenko
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26
March 2025
Past Event
Red Lines, Ceasefires, and Peace in Ukraine: A Conversation with Oleksii Goncharenko

Ukrainian Member of Parliament Oleksii Goncharenko joins Hudson鈥檚 Luke Coffey for a conversation on the current state of United States鈥揢kraine relations, ongoing peace negotiations, and why Ukraine鈥檚 fight for sovereignty matters to both the US and Europe. Goncharenko will discuss the war, the many risks and opportunities of peace talks with Russia, and how continued Western support is vital to ensuring a just and lasting peace in Europe鈥檚 most consequential conflict since World War II.

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Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Oleksii Goncharenko
09
January 2025
Past Event
Georgia on Your Mind: An Event with President Salome Zourabichvili
Featured Speakers:
President Salome Zourabichvili
Representative Joe Wilson
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Laura Thornton
Luke Coffey
John P. Walters
Moderator:
Peter Rough
President Salome Zourabichvili greets a supporter outside her residence in Tbilisi, following the inauguration of the newly elected president, Mikheil Kavelashvili.  (Photo by Jay Kogler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
09
January 2025
Past Event
Georgia on Your Mind: An Event with President Salome Zourabichvili

Join us for a special address by freedom fighter and Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, followed by remarks from Congressman Joe Wilson and an expert panel discussion.

President Salome Zourabichvili greets a supporter outside her residence in Tbilisi, following the inauguration of the newly elected president, Mikheil Kavelashvili.  (Photo by Jay Kogler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
President Salome Zourabichvili
Representative Joe Wilson
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Laura Thornton
Luke Coffey
John P. Walters
Moderator:
Peter Rough
03
December 2024
Past Event
Moldova鈥檚 Euro-Atlantic Future with President of the Parliament Igor Grosu and Foreign Minister Mihai Pop葯oi
Featured Speakers:
Igor Grosu
Mihai Pop葯oi
Luke Coffey
Daniel Kochis
Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Union Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn pose in front of the Moldovan and EU flags in Chisinau, Moldova, on May 9, 2024. (Elena Covalenco via Getty Images)
03
December 2024
Past Event
Moldova鈥檚 Euro-Atlantic Future with President of the Parliament Igor Grosu and Foreign Minister Mihai Pop葯oi

Next year the country will hold important parliamentary elections, which Russia will doubtlessly try to undermine using disinformation. To discuss recent developments in Moldova and the region, Hudson is honored to welcome Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Pop葯oi and President of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Grosu.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Union Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn pose in front of the Moldovan and EU flags in Chisinau, Moldova, on May 9, 2024. (Elena Covalenco via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Igor Grosu
Mihai Pop葯oi
Luke Coffey
Daniel Kochis
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)
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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)
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