Linas Kojala
Lecturer
Department
Department of International Relations
Research areas
European studies
International Relations
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linas.kojala@tspmi.vu.lt
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Linas Kojala is the CEO of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center and a lecturer in International Relations at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (VU IIRPS). He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
A widely recognized commentator on international affairs, his analyses have appeared in CNN, Chicago Tribune, Politico, BBC, Die Welt, and Berlingske.
In 2023, Kojala was honored as a Munich Young Leader by the Munich Security Conference and the Körber Foundation and received the Titanium Award from DELFI for his foreign policy commentary. Kojala was nominated to participate in the young Leaders’ programs of Japan, France, and other countries.
He has been consistently ranked among Lithuania’s top three most influential public figures, placing second in 2024. The author of two books on European politics and U.S. foreign policy, he holds degrees from VU IIRPS (BA, MA), Oxford University (Postgraduate Diploma), and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and was a scholar at Harvard University.
Courses taught
American Foreign Policy
EU-Russia relations
West European Politics
Research interests
US foreign policy
Russian foreign policy
European integration
Security studies
Global economy
Publications
Janeliūnas, T., Kojala, L. (2019). "External forces and Russian foreign policy: Simulation of identity narratives inside Putin’s regime." International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, Volume: 74 issue: 2, 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020702019854003
Kojala, L., Žukauskas, A. (2015). "Russia’s soft power in Lithuania: the impact of conflict in Ukraine" in Toms Rostoks, Andris Spruds (Eds.), Different Faces of "Soft Power": the Baltic States and Eastern Neighborhood between Russia and the EU. Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs. https://liia.lv/site/docs/LIIA_soft_power_book_web_layout.pdf
Kojala, L., Keršanskas, V. (2015). "Impact of conflict in Ukraine on Lithuanian security development." Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review 2014-2015. Vilnius: Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademijos Strateginių tyrimų centras. https://journals.lka.lt/journal/lasr/article/121/info
Kojala, L., Ivanauskas, V. (2014). "Lithuanian Eastern policy in 2004-2014: Role Theory Approach." Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review, Volume: 32, 49-72. https://www.eesc.lt/uploads/news/id839/Lithuanian%20Eastern%20Policy%202004_2014.pdf
Kasčiūnas, L., Keršanskas, V., Kojala., L. (2014). "Penkeri Rytų partnerystės politikos metai: dabarties iššūkiai ir perspektyvos" in Ramūnas Vilpišauskas et al. (Eds.), Lietuva Europos Sąjungoje: metraštis 2009–2013. Vilnius: Europos integracijos studijų centras, 93-120. http://www.esparama.lt/documents/10157/490675/2014_Lietuva+ES+2009-2013.pdf/e61cb0d4-66e6-481f-883c-5debabddcb15
