Alexandra Ilková is a Project Manager responsible for the Security Scholars Program. She has been working in the non-profit sector for three years, primarily focusing on educational programs, event management, fundraising, and research. Her main area of interest lies in hybrid warfare and the development of counter policies addressing it. She holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Charles University in Prague. Alexandra enriched her undergraduate studies by spending a semester abroad at Sheffield Hallam University, focusing on international security. Her master's thesis mapped the Slovak national position on implementing EU hybrid threat policies while emphasizing the overlaps between EU and NATO counter-strategies.