Loïc Simonet (PhD) started his career at the French Defence Ministry in Paris. In 2008, he was appointed Politico-Military Counsellor of the French Permanent Representation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna. In 2013, he joined the Secretariat of the OSCE as Senior External Co-operation Officer. In this capacity, he liaised with the European Union and NATO. Since 2021, L. Simonet serves as a Researcher in the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (Oiip).