Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges is the former Commanding General of US Army Europe (2014-2017). He currently serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. He is also a Distinguished Fellow with GLOBSEC in Slovakia, and serves on the International Advisory Board of the New Strategy Center in Romania and the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland. In addition to the Renew Democracy Initiative, he serves on several civic advocacy boards including Atlantik Bruecke, Arthur Burns Fellowship, Razom for Ukraine, Veterans Help Group, and Spirit of America. He consults for several companies on Europe, NATO, and the European Union, and he is co-author of the book, Future War and the Defence of Europe, published by Oxford University Press.