Clara Apt

Clara Apt (LinkedIn – X) is a Junior Emerging Tech and AI Fellow at Just Security and a Public Service Fellow and M.A. student in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, specializing in technology and innovation. She is also a Technology, Trade, and Geopolitics intern at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Clara was most recently a Rosenthal Fellow with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. In 2025, she interned with the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) and previously worked at Freedom House and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Her interests lie at the intersection of national security and emerging technology governance. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University, where she double majored in International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies.