Security, Defence, and the Future of Europe Views from the Capitals

Dr. Michael Kaeding i s a Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). He is also Director of Studies at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies, part of the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium), a Visiting Fellow of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (the Netherlands), and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Dr. Johannes Pollak is a Professor of International Relations and Rector of Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna (Austria). He has previously served as Rector of Webster Vienna Private University. In summer 2019, he was elected Chair of the Board at the Institute of European Politics in Berlin (Germany).

Paul Schmidt is Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics in Vienna (Austria), which promotes and supports the analysis of and communications on European affairs. He has previously worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, both in Vienna and at their Representative Office in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union.