Research Associate the Chair of Political Science, in particular Political Theory
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Gebäude H1, Room: 1364
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
E-Mail: pawlak [at] hsu-hh.de
Tel.: +49-40-6541-3314
Consultation hours by arrangement
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Julian Pawlak is research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU) and the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS), the think tank of the German Armed Forces. He is also academic coordinator of the university’s interdisciplinary Research Network Maritime Security (iFMS), a cooperation to foster the Federal Ministry of Defense’s strategic foresight and support the strategy formulation process. In 2023 Pawlak was a visiting scientist in the Strategy Division at the Swedish Defense University in Stockholm.
Julian´s research focuses on questions pertaining to security and defense policy, maritime strategy and security, and strategic studies – notably at NATO´s Northern and Eastern flank and the Baltic Sea region. For his PhD project, he studies security strategies in Northern and Eastern Europe. Julian and his expertise are also featured frequently by national and international media around the globe, from i.a. The New York Times, The Times, El País, Foreign Policy, FAZ, SPIEGEL, WIRED, and Al Jazeera English to ABC Radio National Australia and Radio New Zealand.
Prior to joining the HSU, Julian was research associate and project manager for the Baltic Sea Strategy Fora at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK) and its adjunct Center for Maritime Strategy & Security. He studied Political Science, Sociology, International Politics and International Law in Osnabrück, Kraków, and Kiel. Julian Pawlak ist currently Visiting Fellow at Swedish Defence University.
Research focus
Security and defence in Northern and Eastern Europe
Baltic Sea Region and NATO´s Northern flank
Maritime Strategy and Security
Strategic Studies
Publications (extract)
Pawlak, Julian (2023): Is Germany’s National Security Strategy Adequate? In: Patrick Triglavcanin (ed.): Big Ask’s, Britain’s World. The Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine.
Pawlak, Julian (2023): Der Schutz maritimer Kritischer Infrastrukturen und das Konzept der Abschreckung, SIRIUS-Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen 2/2023, 160-166.
Pawlak, Julian: Wenn das Eis schmilzt, liegt Norwegen plötzlich in der Mitte. Sicherheitspolitische Lage und strategische Ausrichtung an der NATO-Nordflanke, Zur Sache BW, 01-2023, 11-14.
Kocak, Deniz/Pawlak, Julian: Nachhaltige Sicherheit, MarineForum, 04-2023, 32-36.
Pawlak, Julian: Deutschland als Grundpfeiler europäischer Verteidigung, 49security – Impulse für die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie, November 2022.
Pawlak, Julian: No, Don´t Call the Baltic a ‘NATO lake’, RUSI Commentary, Royal United Services Institute, 05September 2022.
Pawlak, Julian: Bündnisverteidigung und Bastion. Die strategische Bedeutung der NATO-Nordflanke, #GIDSresearch 1/2022, Hamburg.
Pieńkos, Antoni/Pawlak, Julian: One Team, One Playground, Various Players: Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Members, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Warsaw, 2022.
Pawlak, Julian: Security in the Baltics: A Pivotal Moment for Germany? Terrain Analysis, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Washington, D.C., 2022.
Bayer, Stefan/Kocak, Deniz/Meißner, Burkhard/Pawlak, Julian/Pleyer, Severin/Schaal, Gary S./Thießen, Jörn: Was dürfen wir erwarten? Sicherheitspolitische Anmerkungen zum Koalitionsvertrag, #GIDSstatement 11/2021, Hamburg.
Pawlak, Julian/Pleyer, Severin: Das Heer muss dimensionsübergreifend denken, um als Teilstreitkraft weiterhin relevant zu sein: Anmerkungen zu den operativen Leitlinien des Heeres, #GIDSstatement 10/2021, Hamburg.
Pawlak, Julian: Bridge the Gaps-An Allied Naval Approach for Northern Europe, in: Pawlak, Julian/Peters Johannes (eds.): From the North Atlantic to the South China Sea. Allied Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century. ISPK Seapower Series (4), NOMOS: Baden-Baden 2021, 163-180.
Pawlak, Julian/Peters, Johannes (Hrsg.): From the North Atlantic to the South China Sea. Allied Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century. ISPK Seapower Series (4), NOMOS: Baden-Baden 2021.
Bruns, Sebastian/Pawlak, Julian: The Baltic Sea is not Las Vegas. The Mare Balticum in a Broader Context. Center for International Maritime Security – CIMSEC, 23. April 2021.
Pawlak, Julian: Im Schatten der Großmachtkonkurrenz. MarineForum online, 04. Januar 2021.
Pawlak, Julian: Review von „Maximilian Terhalle, Strategie als Beruf. Überlegungen zu Strategie, Weltordnung und Strategic Studies“, in Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies 15 (1), 204-205.
Pawlak, Julian: Im Schatten der Großmachtkonkurrenz. Sicherheitspolitische Herausforderungen im Ostseeraum, MarineForum, 12-2020, 22-26.
Pawlak, Julian: The Baltic Sea region in another period of great power competition, Baltic Rim Economies, Issue 4, December 2020, 17.
Pawlak, Julian: Review von “Robert M. Klein/Stefan Lundqvist/Ed Sumangil/Ulrica Pettersson: Baltics Left of Bang. The Role of NATO with Partners in Denial-Based Deterrence. Stockholm: Strategic Forum, 2019”, in SIRIUS 2/2020, 207-208.
Pawlak, Julian: EU-Marinemission „Irini“ – zahnloser Tiger statt mächtige Göttin. Euractiv, 27. April 2020.
Stöhs, Jeremy/Pawlak, Julian: Strategische Herausforderungen und Handlungsoptionen westlicher Politik im nördlichen Atlantic. SIRIUS 3/2019, S. 242–254.
Pawlak, Julian/Peters, Johannes: Ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Manöverbeobachter bei Northern Coasts 2019. Leinen Los! 12-2019, 24-25.
Pawlak, Julian/Bruns, Sebastian: Die Ostsee ist nicht Las Vegas – das Mare Balticum im sicherheitspolitischen Kontext. MarineForum 06/2019, S. 20–34.
Pawlak, Julian: Was treibt den Bären in unseren Vorgarten? – Zum Verständnis russischer Nachbarschaftspolitik. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2019.
Pawlak, Julian (Hrsg.): „Der Dreizack gehört in unsere Faust.“ – Marinestrategie in Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Publikation zur wissenschaftlichen Netzwerktagung in Laboe/Kiel. ISPK: Kiel 2017.
Presentations & Lectures (extract)
“Everything changes, right? NATO and Naval Warfare in the Baltic in the 21st Century”, NATO in the Nordics Conference, Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies & Swedish Centre for Studies of Armed Forces and Society, Stockholm, August 2023.
“The German perspective on protecting Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea”, Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Baltic Sea, Centre for Military Studies at University of Copenhagen, Mai 2023.
„Operationalizing Technology in Maritime Warfare”, First Sea Lord´s Sea Power Conference, Royal Navy and Council on Geostrategy, Mai 2023.
„Is the Baltic Sea a NATO lake?“, Baltic Sea Strategy Forum, Royal Danish Defence College, Mai 2023.
“Schutz maritimer kritischer Infrastruktur und Abschreckung”, 8. Gesprächskreis Maritime Sicherheit, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Februar 2023.
“Germany as a Keystone of Security in the Baltic Sea Region”, Workshop on Germany´s changing security role in the Baltic states, Vilnius University, November 2022.
“The Baltic Region´s Maritime Security Challenges”, Conference dedicated to the 30 Years Anniversary of the Lithuanian Navy, Klaipėda, Juli 2022
„Naval Strategy, NATO´s Northern Flank and the Baltic Sea Region”, Guest Lecture, United States Naval Academy, April 2022.
„Maritime Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea – The Challenges of Securing Maritime Areas for the European Union”, European Security and Defence College & Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (L’IHEDN), April 2022.
„Eine maritime Sicherheitssektorreform im Golf von Guinea“, Tagung zur Polar- und Meerespolitik, Themengruppe Polar- und Meerespolitik der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), February 2022, with Deniz Kocak.
„Zwischen Bündnisverteidigung und Bastion: die strategische Bedeutung der NATO-Nordflanke“, #GIDSdebate15, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS), February 2022.
„Maritime Sicherheit und die Bundesrepublik Deutschland”, Hermann Ehlers Akademie (HEA) & Marineschule Mürwick, December 2021.
Prospects of maritime security sector reform in the Gulf of Guinea”, European International Studies Association (EISA), September 2021; with Deniz Kocak.
„Turned Tides: The Northern Flank´s Evolving Strategic Role from the Cold War to the 21st Century”, McMullen Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, September 2021.
„The Use of Cyber Sensing Technologies to Support Maritime Security”, Overseas Study Program to the Federal Republic of Germany, The Republic of Indonesia Defense University (RIDU), July 2021; together with Gary Schaal.
„Maritime Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea – The Challenges of Securing Maritime Areas for the European Union”, European Security and Defence College & Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (L’IHEDN), June 2021.
„The Use of Cyber Sensing Technologies to Support Maritime Security”, Overseas Study Program to the Federal Republic of Germany, The Republic of Indonesia Defense University (RIDU), July 2021; together with Gary Schaal.
„Die sicherheitspolitische Lage im Ostseeraum“, Kommandantentagung, 3. Minensuchgeschwader, Kiel, Oktober 2020.
„Europas ‘Nordflanke’ und alliierte maritime Strategie“, Dreizack20, Universität Rostock & Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik, Oktober 2020.
„Russia’s strategic approach towards the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea”, Maritime Mondays, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) & United States European Command (EUCOM), Juli 2020.
„Europas Sicherheit zur See”, Bundesverband Sicherheitspolitik an Hochschulen, Kiel, November 2019.
„Sicherheitspolitischer Brennpunkt Ostsee”, Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik, November 2019.
„Europe’s Security at Sea“, Maritime Convention, Berlin, November 2019.
„The Baltic Sea in Russia‘s Strategic Doctrine”, Baltic Sea Strategy Forum, Kiel, October 2019.
„Der Ostseeraum heute – Nahtstelle oder Bruchlinie“, Kernseminar für Sicherheitspolitik, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS), May 2019.
„The Maritime Dimension of Russia‘s Challenge to Baltic Security and Defence”, 2nd Gdynia Security Forum, Polish Naval Academy, April 2019.
Media contributions (extract)
i.a. ABC Radio National Australia, AFP, Defensenews, detektor.fm, die Zeit, Deutsche Welle, El País, Euronews, Europäische Sicherheit und Technik (ESuT), Foreign Policy, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Funke Mediengruppe, Helsinging Sanomat, Kieler Nachrichten, Krautreporter, Kölnische Rundschau, LeinenLos!, MarineForum, NDR, NDR Info (Streitkräfte & Strategien), Puls24/Pro7/Sat1 Austria, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio New Zealand, SPIEGEL, Table Media/Security.Table, tagesschau.de, The New York Times, The Times, Times Radio, web.de/gmx.de, WIRED
Podcasts:
Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 489 – The Strategic Importance Of NATO’s North Flank
NDR Info Streitkräfte & Strategien: Warten auf Frieden (Tag 176-177)
NDR Info Streitkräfte & Strategien: Die neue Rolle der Marine in der Ostsee
detektor.fm: Schweden und Finnland – Neue Ära der NATO?
Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 349 – Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Member States, with Julian Pawlak and Antoni Pienkos Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 278 – From the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, with Johannes Peters and Julian Pawlak
Letzte Änderung: 21. March 2024