Anna Unger is a Sessional Lecturer at the Defence Studies Department and the Department of European and International Studies of King’s College London.

Anna completed her PhD in Defence and Security Studies at King’s College London and holds an MA in International Security from the University of Sussex, a BA (Hons) in Marketing from the University of Hull and a BA in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest.

Prior to joining King’s, Anna worked at the Hungarian Ministry of Defence and held a position as a diplomat and defence counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union. 

Office hours

By appointment

Research Interests

• European and EU security and defence
• EU military capability development
• European defence industrial co-operation
• EU-led military crisis management
• EU-UK defence cooperation

 Teaching

• 6AAOB329 - Allies in Arms: Security Cooperation in a Competitive Edge (Term 1, 2025/2026)
• Various courses at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at the Defence Academy of the UK