Klaus Zernack Colloquium on tour: Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region
Panel discussion with prof. Jörg Hackmann (Uniwersytet Szczeciński),
dr Wojciech Lorenz (PISM), Marcin Fronia (CBH PAN)
Monday, 14.10. | 6 pm
Location: PISM Office in Berlin
Marienstraße 26, 10117 Berlin
Registration for the event is mandatory.
Please send information about your participation to the following email address: berlin@pism.pl
With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, various dimensions of security in the Baltic region are being redefined. Neutral Finland and Sweden recently joined NATO. The hybrid nature of Russian actions has forced the development of European policies that strengthen regional security. These include counteracting disinformation, cybersecurity, economic security, changing the way we think about regional cooperation, and the security of the maritime environment.
With our experts, we want to talk about the current challenges in the Baltic Sea region, including the change in its geopolitical status within the European Union and NATO, as well as status of Russia in the region. Both Russia as a real threat to stability and security in the region, and Russia, with which the other countries in the region, whether collectively or individually, will enter into further interactions. In turn, for Polish-German relations particular importance plays the activity of both countries in the region and their own policies towards Russia.
The discussion will be held in English.
Prof. Jörg Hackmann – Alfred Döblin Professor at the Institute of History of the University of Szczecin and Director of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Szczecin in Kulice. He is also associated with the University of Greifswald. He is Vice-President of the Herder Research Council, which focuses on Central and Eastern Europe, and has also been, among others, a visiting professor at the universities of Joensuu, Riga, Södertörn, Tartu, Turku and the University of Illinois (Chicago) as well as a visiting researcher at the University of Chicago and the University of Sydney. His research concerns regional studies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.
Dr Wojciech Lorenz - Coordinator of the International Security Program at PISM. His research areas include NATO, nuclear and conventional deterrence, and Polish security policy. Former journalist for Polish Radio, the BBC Polish Section in London, and the Rzeczpospolita daily. Civilian specialist at the Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan (2013-14). Director of the NATO research project on the protection of critical infrastructure against cyberattacks (NATO Science for Peace and Security - SPS, 2014). Since 2024, a member of the NATO Independent Scientific Evaluation Group (ISEG) evaluating research and scientific projects financed under the NATO SPS program. He is the author of the book "Deterrence. Strategy and Policy" (PISM, 2021).
Marcin Fronia – specialist and analyst at the Center for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Coordinator of the project "Security in the Baltic Sea Region". Previously a researcher at IFiS PAN in Warsaw and an expert on Scandinavian affairs at Norden Centrum.
