Justyna Gotkowska
Deputy Director at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) and head of the Security and Defence Department. Formerly Coordinator of the Regional Security Programme and analyst in the Department for Germany and Northern Europe. A graduate of the University of Warsaw and the RWTH Aachen University. She was visiting scholar at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo, at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich and at the Hudson Institute in Washington.She regularly participates in multinational research projects, including at Think Visegrad, Estonia’s ICDS and Germany’s DGAP.
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security and defence policy of Germany, Nordic and Baltic states
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NATO and EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy from regional perspective
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military cooperation in Central and Northern Europe
- A Resilient Baltic. Securing Energy, Maritime and Air Connectivity, OSW Report, September 2026
- Germany Needs to Enhance Its Credibility, article, Internationale Politik Quarterly, July 2026
- At the Table or on the Menu? A European Four-Point Plan for Ukraine, Commentary, Carnegie Europe, January 2025
- NATO’s nuclear deterrence: is it time for change?, OSW Commentary, June 2024
- Will The War Come to Us? It’s Up to The West, Article, in: European Voices, February 2024
- Germany’s Zeitenwende and the future of the European security architecture, Chapter, in: Making up for lost time. Germany in the era of the Zeitenwende, OSW Report, Warszawa 2023
- NATO Summit in Vilnius: breakthroughs and unfulfilled hopes, OSW Commentary, July 2023
- Germanys first national security strategy the minimal consensus, OSW Commentary, June 2023
- The Zeitenwende and Germany’s Unsatisfactory Stress Test: A View from Poland, Internationale Politik Quarterly, luty 2023
- Security in the Baltic Sea region and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, w: Europe and the war in Ukraine. DE-PL-UKR perspectives, Adam Balcer (ed.), luty 2023
- NATO after Madrid: how much deterrence and defence on the eastern flank?, OSW Commentary, July 2022
- Sweden and Finland on the threshold of NATO membership, OSW Commentary, May 2022
- German arms deliveries to Ukraine – the SPD’s controversial course, OSW Commentary, April 2022
- The war in Ukraine: consequences for the Bundeswehr and Germany’s policy in NATO, OSW Commentary, March 2022
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Poland, w: The Nations of NATO. Shaping the Alliance's Relevance and Cohesion , Thierry Tardy (red.), February 2022
- Strategic Compass. New bearings for EU security and defence?, ed. Daniel Fiott, Gustav Lindstrom, Chaillot Papers, EUISS, December 2021
- The EU’s security and defence policy: in search of a compass, OSW Commentary, September 2021
- NATO 2030: towards a new strategy, OSW Commentary, June 2021
- Regional Cooperation for a Stronger NATO, #NATO2030 Policy Brief No. 7, International Centre for Defence and Security, April 2021
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Sweden’s security. The long way towards total defence, OSW Point of View, January 2021
- USA – Germany – NATO’s eastern flank. Transformation of the US military presence in Europe, OSW Commentary, August 2020
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European strategic autonomy or European pillar in NATO? Germany’s stance on French initiatives, OSW Commentary, February 2020
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A European Defence Union? The EU's new instruments in the area of security and defence, OSW report, December 2019
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NATO in transition, OSW Commentary, December 2019
- The US-Polish Enhanced Partnership to the Region’s Benefit?, in: Andris Sprūds, Māris Andžāns, Sandis Šrāders (ed.), NATO at 70 in the Baltic Sea Region, The Rīga Conference Papers 2019, October 2019
- US-German clash over international order and security. The consequences for NATO’s Eastern flank, OSW Commentary, February 2019
- NATO‘s Northeast Quartet: Prospects and Opportunities for Baltic-Polish Defence Cooperation, Policy Paper, ICDS in cooperation with OSW, November 2018
- Rebuilding Germany’s air defence capabilities: on the eve of crucial decisions, OSW Commentary, May 2018
- The trouble with PESCO. The mirages of European defence, OSW Point of View, March 2018
- Polish Defence Policy and the Security of the Baltic Sea Region, in: Andris Sprūds, Māris Andžāns (ed.), Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Realities and Prospects, The Rīga Conference Papers 2017, October 2017
- Aurora: Sweden’s response to Zapad?, OSW Analysis, Warsaw, September 2017
- The CSDP’s renaissance. Challenges and opportunities for the eastern flank, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, June 2017
- Between co-operation and membership. Sweden and Finland’s relations with NATO, OSW Study, Warsaw, March 2017
- The Nordic countries on Nord Stream 2: between scepticism and neutrality, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, October 2016
- High on reassurance, low on deterrence – Germany’s stance on strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, July 2016
- NATO’s Eastern Flank – a new paradigm, OSW Analysis, Warsaw, July 2016
- Pro-American non-alignment. Sweden and Finland develop closer military co-operation with the United States, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, April 2016,
- A weak link? Germany in the Euro-Atlantic security system, OSW Point of View, Warsaw, January 2015
- Controlled ‘Europeanisation’? The KMW–Nexter merger and the Germany’s new strategy for the arms industry, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, August 2015
- Norway and the Bear. Norwegian defence policy - lessons for the Baltic Sea region, OSW Point of View, Warsaw, January 2014
- The current state, problems and future of Germany’s air and missile defence, OSW Commentary, Warsaw, April 2013
- Sitting on the fence. Swedish defence policy and the Baltic Sea region, OSW Point of View, Warsaw, March 2013
- Closing the gap? Military co-operation from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, OSW Report, Warsaw, December 2012