Linas Kojala is the CEO of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center since 2016. He also teaches international relations at Vilnius University.
Kojala is a noted commentator on international affairs and security, contributing to Lithuanian and global media, with features in CNN, Chicago Tribune, Politico, BBC, Die Welt, and Berlingske. A Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University during 2017-2018, he also served as an Associate Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 2020.
In 2023, he was recognized as a Munich Young Leader by the Munich Security Conference and the Korber Foundation. He was invited to Future Leaders’ programmes in France, Japan and other countries. He is the author of two books on European politics and US foreign policy.
Kojala holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in European Studies from Vilnius University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business from Oxford University, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.
In 2023, Kojala received the Titanium Award from the media outlet DELFI for his foreign policy commentary. He has consistently ranked as one of the second or third most influential public figures in Lithuania, securing second place in 2024.