Lauren Young
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Personal Details
Lauren Young specializes in security and defense issues with an academic focus on threats to democracy from right wing movements.
She is a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Princeton’s School of International and Public Affairs and has previously taught in the Department of Political Science at Yale University and at the London School of Economics.
Dr. Young has also worked at the US Mission to the United Nations and the US Embassy in London on issues including Nuclear Non-Proliferation, International Peace and Security and Cyber Security. She also works as a Policy Consultant in the corporate and government sectors and has served as an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, London.
Other Affiliations:
Books:
Hitler’s Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII, (Harper Collins, 2022) Being developed for television.
“The Recognition of States in an Era of Challenged Democracies” (2025)
“Historical Perspectives” in Management in Times of War (2024) sponsored by the Ukraine Ministry of Social Policy.
Articles:
“Five Best: Books on Fascism in Britain Between the Wars” Wall Street Journal (August 12, 2022)
Podcasts:
The New Republic Podcast March 3, 2025: “Sick”: GOP Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hints at a Darker Story
OpEds:
“What World War II-era Britain can teach us about the next four years under Trump,” The Hill, January 27, 2025
Co-authored with Former Estonian President Toomas Ilves, “Europe on edge: What Trump 2.0 means for Ukraine, NATO and the EU,” Fortune, November 19, 2024
Quoted in:
“Trump’s Ugly Racist Rally Finally Unmasks His Real Closing Argument,” by Greg Sargent, The New Republic, October 28, 2024
NYT Letter to the Editor:
“Guarding Against Authoritarianism,” The New York Times October 18, 2025
Education
- MPhil/PhD Kings College, University of London
- MA The Courtauld Institute London
- BA Yale University