{"id":2118,"date":"2022-09-21T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T09:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/politiktheorie\/?page_id=2118"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:02:34","slug":"julian-pawlak-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/politiktheorie\/en\/julian-pawlak-3","title":{"rendered":"Julian Pawlak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research Associate the Chair of Political Science, in particular Political Theory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t
Geb\u00e4ude H1, Room: 1364
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-Mail: pawlak [at] hsu-hh.de
Tel.: +49-40-6541-3314
Consultation hours by arrangement<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Julian Pawlak is research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University\/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU<\/abbr>) and the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies<\/a> (GIDS), the think tank of the German Armed Forces. He is the coordinator of the university\u2019s interdisciplinary Research Network Maritime Security<\/a> (iFMS), a cooperation to foster the Federal Ministry of Defense\u2019s strategic foresight and support the strategy formulation process. In 2023 Pawlak was a visiting fellow at the Swedish Defense University\u2019s department for War Studies and Military History, Strategy Division. Since 2024, he has been a Junior Associate Fellow at the NATO Defense College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian\u00b4s research focuses on questions pertaining to security and defense policy, maritime strategy and security, and strategic studies \u2013 notably at NATO\u00b4s 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 Pa\u00eds, Foreign Policy, FAZ, SPIEGEL, WIRED<\/em>, and Al Jazeera English<\/em> to ABC Radio National Australia<\/em> and Radio New Zealand<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining the HSU<\/abbr>, 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 Osnabr\u00fcck, Krak\u00f3w, and Kiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Security and defence in Northern and Eastern Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltic Sea Region and NATO\u00b4s Northern flank<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maritime Strategy and Security<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategic Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications (extract)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pawlak, Julian\/Pecher, Andr\u00e9 (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Re-Learning War: Lessons from the Black Sea. Proceedings of the 2024 Kiel International Seapower Symposium, GIDS: Hamburg, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lundqvist, Stefan\/Pawlak, Julian: Managing Maritime (In-)Security on NATO’s Northern Flank<\/a>, United States Naval Institute Proceedings<\/em>, 05\/2025, Vol. 151\/5\/1,467.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian Pawlak (2025): Re-Thinking War in the Baltic Sea, #GIDSstatement 1\/2025, GIDS: Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kocak, Deniz\/Pawlak, Julian (2024): Ozeane in Gefahr, Europ\u00e4ische Sicherheit und Technik 11-2024, 63-65 \/ MarineForum 11-2024, 37-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian (2024): How should the British-German defence relationship develop?<\/a> In: Coxon, Ben (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): The Big Ask, No. 05-2024, Britain’s World<\/em>. The Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian (2024): Charting The Challenges In The Baltic Sea<\/a>, War on the Rocks, Mai 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian (2023): Is Germany’s National Security Strategy Adequate?<\/a> In: Patrick Triglavcanin (ed.): Big Ask’s, Britain’s World<\/em>. The Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian (2023): Der Schutz maritimer Kritischer Infrastrukturen und das Konzept der Abschreckung<\/a>, SIRIUS-Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Strategische Analysen 2\/2023, 160-166. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Wenn das Eis schmilzt, liegt Norwegen pl\u00f6tzlich in der Mitte. Sicherheitspolitische Lage und strategische Ausrichtung an der NATO-Nordflanke<\/a>, Zur Sache BW, 01-2023, 11-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kocak, Deniz\/Pawlak, Julian: Nachhaltige Sicherheit, MarineForum,<\/em> 04-2023, 32-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Deutschland als Grundpfeiler europ\u00e4ischer Verteidigung<\/a>, 49security – Impulse f\u00fcr die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie, November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: No, Don\u00b4t Call the Baltic a \u2018NATO lake\u2019<\/a>, RUSI Commentary, Royal United Services Institute, 05September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: B\u00fcndnisverteidigung und Bastion. Die strategische Bedeutung der NATO-Nordflanke<\/a>, #GIDSresearch 1\/2022, Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pie\u0144kos, Antoni\/Pawlak, Julian: One Team, One Playground, Various Players: Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Members<\/a>, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Warsaw, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Security in the Baltics: A Pivotal Moment for Germany?<\/a> Terrain Analysis, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Washington, D.C., 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bayer, Stefan\/Kocak, Deniz\/Mei\u00dfner, Burkhard\/Pawlak, Julian\/Pleyer, Severin\/Schaal, Gary S.\/Thie\u00dfen, J\u00f6rn: Was d\u00fcrfen wir erwarten? Sicherheitspolitische Anmerkungen zum Koalitionsvertrag<\/a>, #GIDSstatement 11\/2021, Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian\/Pleyer, Severin: Das Heer muss dimensions\u00fcbergreifend denken, um als Teilstreitkraft weiterhin relevant zu sein: Anmerkungen zu den operativen Leitlinien des Heeres<\/a>, #GIDSstatement 10\/2021, Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Bridge the Gaps-An Allied Naval Approach for Northern Europe<\/a>, in: Pawlak, Julian\/Peters Johannes (eds.): From the North Atlantic to the South China Sea. Allied Maritime Strategy in the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/em>. ISPK Seapower Series (4), NOMOS: Baden-Baden 2021, 163-180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian\/Peters, Johannes (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): From the North Atlantic to the South China Sea. Allied Maritime Strategy in the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/em><\/a>. ISPK Seapower Series (4), NOMOS: Baden-Baden 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruns, Sebastian\/Pawlak, Julian: The Baltic Sea is not Las Vegas. The Mare Balticum in a Broader Context<\/a>. Center for International Maritime Security \u2013 CIMSEC, 23. April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Im Schatten der Gro\u00dfmachtkonkurrenz<\/a>. MarineForum online, 04. Januar 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Review von \u201eMaximilian Terhalle, Strategie als Beruf. \u00dcberlegungen zu Strategie, Weltordnung und Strategic Studies\u201c<\/a>, in Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies 15 (1), 204-205.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Im Schatten der Gro\u00dfmachtkonkurrenz. Sicherheitspolitische Herausforderungen im Ostseeraum, MarineForum<\/em>, 12-2020, 22-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: The Baltic Sea region in another period of great power competition, Baltic Rim Economies<\/em>, Issue 4, December 2020, 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Review von \u201cRobert 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\u201d<\/a>, in SIRIUS 2\/2020, 207-208.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: EU-Marinemission \u201eIrini\u201c \u2013 zahnloser Tiger statt m\u00e4chtige G\u00f6ttin<\/a>. Euractiv, 27. April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St\u00f6hs, Jeremy\/Pawlak, Julian: Strategische Herausforderungen und Handlungsoptionen westlicher Politik im n\u00f6rdlichen Atlantic<\/a>. SIRIUS 3\/2019, S. 242\u2013254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian\/Peters, Johannes: Ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Man\u00f6verbeobachter bei Northern Coasts 2019. Leinen Los! 12-2019, 24-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian\/Bruns, Sebastian: Die Ostsee ist nicht Las Vegas \u2013 das Mare Balticum im sicherheitspolitischen Kontext. MarineForum 06\/2019, S. 20\u201334.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian: Was treibt den B\u00e4ren in unseren Vorgarten? \u2013 Zum Verst\u00e4ndnis russischer Nachbarschaftspolitik. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawlak, Julian (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): \u201eDer Dreizack geh\u00f6rt in unsere Faust.<\/em>\u201c \u2013 Marinestrategie in Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft<\/em>. Publikation zur wissenschaftlichen Netzwerktagung in Laboe\/Kiel. ISPK: Kiel 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Presentations & Lectures (extract)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201eMaritime Security and Europe\u201d, ESDC European Doctoral School on Common Security and Defense Policy, Juli 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eRe-Learning War: Implications of the War in the Black Sea for the Baltic Sea Region\u201c, Kiel International Seapower Symposium 2024, Expert Workshop, Juni 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eOstseeraum und die verschobene NATO-Grenze: Nahtstelle oder Bruchlinie\u201c, Kernseminar f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik, Bundesakademie f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS), Juni 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eDeutschlands Maritime Sicherheit \u2013 Schutz von Seewgen und Abschreckung in Nord- und Ostsee\u201c, Deutscher BundeswehrVerband DBwV, Mai 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe German perspective on protecting Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea\u201d, Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Baltic Sea, Centre for Military Studies at University of Copenhagen, Mai 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eOperationalizing Technology in Maritime Warfare\u201d, First Sea Lord\u00b4s Sea Power Conference, Royal Navy and Council on Geostrategy, Mai 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIs the Baltic Sea a NATO lake?\u201c, Baltic Sea Strategy Forum, Royal Danish Defence College, Mai 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSchutz maritimer kritischer Infrastruktur und Abschreckung\u201d, 8. Gespr\u00e4chskreis Maritime Sicherheit, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Februar 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGermany as a Keystone of Security in the Baltic Sea Region\u201d, Workshop on Germany\u00b4s changing security role in the Baltic states, Vilnius University, November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Baltic Region\u00b4s Maritime Security Challenges\u201d, Conference dedicated to the 30 Years Anniversary of the Lithuanian Navy, Klaip\u0117da, Juli 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNaval Strategy, NATO\u00b4s Northern Flank and the Baltic Sea Region\u201d, Guest Lecture, United States Naval Academy, April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eMaritime Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea – The Challenges of Securing Maritime Areas for the European Union\u201d, European Security and Defence College & Institut des Hautes \u00c9tudes de D\u00e9fense Nationale (L\u2019IHEDN), April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eEine maritime Sicherheitssektorreform im Golf von Guinea\u201c, Tagung zur Polar- und Meerespolitik, Themengruppe Polar- und Meerespolitik der Deutschen Vereinigung f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), February 2022, with Deniz Kocak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eZwischen B\u00fcndnisverteidigung und Bastion: die strategische Bedeutung der NATO-Nordflanke\u201c, #GIDSdebate15, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS), February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eMaritime Sicherheit und die Bundesrepublik Deutschland\u201d, Hermann Ehlers Akademie (HEA) & Marineschule M\u00fcrwick, December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prospects of maritime security sector reform in the Gulf of Guinea\u201d, European International Studies Association (EISA), September 2021; with Deniz Kocak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eTurned Tides: The Northern Flank\u00b4s Evolving Strategic Role from the Cold War to the 21st<\/sup> Century\u201d, McMullen Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Use of Cyber Sensing Technologies to Support Maritime Security\u201d, Overseas Study Program to the Federal Republic of Germany, The Republic of Indonesia Defense University (RIDU), July 2021; together with Gary Schaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eMaritime Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea – The Challenges of Securing Maritime Areas for the European Union\u201d, European Security and Defence College & Institut des Hautes \u00c9tudes de D\u00e9fense Nationale (L\u2019IHEDN), June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Use of Cyber Sensing Technologies to Support Maritime Security\u201d, Overseas Study Program to the Federal Republic of Germany, The Republic of Indonesia Defense University (RIDU), July 2021; together with Gary Schaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eDie sicherheitspolitische Lage im Ostseeraum\u201c, Kommandantentagung, 3. Minensuchgeschwader, Kiel, Oktober 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eEuropas \u2018Nordflanke\u2019 und alliierte maritime Strategie\u201c, Dreizack20, Universit\u00e4t Rostock & Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik, Oktober 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eRussia\u2019s strategic approach towards the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea\u201d, Maritime Mondays, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) & United States European Command (EUCOM), Juli 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eEuropas Sicherheit zur See\u201d, Bundesverband Sicherheitspolitik an Hochschulen, Kiel, November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eSicherheitspolitischer Brennpunkt Ostsee\u201d, Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik, November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eEurope\u2019s Security at Sea\u201c, Maritime Convention, Berlin, November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Baltic Sea in Russia\u2018s Strategic Doctrine\u201d, Baltic Sea Strategy Forum, Kiel, October 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eDer Ostseeraum heute \u2013 Nahtstelle oder Bruchlinie\u201c, Kernseminar f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik, Bundesakademie f\u00fcr Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS), May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Maritime Dimension of Russia\u2018s Challenge to Baltic Security and Defence\u201d, 2nd Gdynia Security Forum, Polish Naval Academy, April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media contributions (extract)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Podcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Proceedings Podcast: EP. 444: Managing Maritime (In)Security on NATO’s Northern Flank<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 489 \u2013 The Strategic Importance Of NATO\u2019s North Flank<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDR Info Streitkr\u00e4fte & Strategien: Warten auf Frieden (Tag 176-177)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDR Info Streitkr\u00e4fte & Strategien: Die neue Rolle der Marine in der Ostsee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

detektor.fm: Schweden und Finnland – Neue \u00c4ra der NATO?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 349 \u2013 Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Member States, with Julian Pawlak and Antoni Pienkos<\/a> Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC): Sea Control 278 \u2013 From the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, with Johannes Peters and Julian Pawlak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i.a. ABC Radio National Australia, AFP, Defensenews, detektor.fm, die Zeit, Deutsche Welle, El Pa\u00eds, Euronews, Europ\u00e4ische Sicherheit und Technik (ESuT), Foreign Policy, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurter Rundschau, Funke Mediengruppe, Helsinging Sanomat, Ippen Media, Kieler Nachrichten, Krautreporter, K\u00f6lnische Rundschau,  LeinenLos!, MarineForum, NDR, NDR Info (Streitkr\u00e4fte & Strategien),NOZ, ntv, Pravda Slovakia, Puls24\/Pro7\/Sat1 Austria, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL)<\/em>, Radio New Zealand, RTL, SPIEGEL, Table Media\/Security.Table, tagesschau.de<\/em>, The New York Times, The Times, Times Radio, web.de\/gmx.de, WIRED<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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