Prof Luis Simón is the Director of the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is concurrently the Director of the Brussels Office of the Elcano Royal Institute, a Senior Associate (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Institute for Advanced Studies (European University Institute). Luis is currently leading a European Research Council Consolidator project on US-China Rivalry and its implications for Europe. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of London, and a Master’s degree from the Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.