Marta Kepe is a senior defense analyst at RAND. Her research interests include defence policy and planning, defence industry and technology, national resilience, civilian-based resistance, unconventional warfare, and NATO and EU cooperation, European and transatlantic security, and Russia. Kepe’s work focuses on European defense, Russia, and great power competition and irregular warfare in different regions of the world. Much of Kepe’s work relates to understanding military and grey zone threats, the intersection of military and civilian words for building resilience against external occupation and grey zone threats, and to the generation of capabilities during a military crisis or war.
Kepe previously worked for RAND Europe, where she researched European future capability needs, military and civilian technological landscape, and multinational collaboration across military equipment life cycle. She has also worked for the Latvian Ministry of Defence, NATO Advisory Team in Kosovo, the United Nations, and the National War College.
She received her MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University. In 2023 she was selected for the Irregular Warfare Fellowship at the Irregular Warfare Initiative, Modern War Institute, USMA.
Kepe is also a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and an associate adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
M.A. in security studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
