Gustav Meibauer is a political scientist and author whose book *The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy: The Curious Persistence of a Flawed Instrument* (Policy Press, 2025) analyzes the continued use of no-fly zones as a tool of American coercive diplomacy despite their strategic limitations. An assistant professor of international relations at Radboud University in the Netherlands, his research focuses on U.S. foreign and security policy, military intervention, and international norms. Meibauer’s work is recognized for its critical examination of policy decision-making and the interplay between strategy, legitimacy, and power in contemporary international affairs.