Lidia Gibadło
Analyst on Germany’s foreign and European policy in OSW’s German Department. From 2018 to 2021, she covered Germany’s domestic and foreign policy in the Weimar Triangle Programme of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Previously, she worked as an editor at the Defence24 group, where she wrote on security policy with a particular focus on Germany, France and the USA. She also gained professional experience through internships, including at the National Security Bureau (BBN), which provides the President of Poland with organizational support for national security and defence matters, and at the Washington office of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
A PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a member of an international research group carrying out the project “Power and Responsibility in Times of Upheaval: Normative and Material Dynamics in German-Polish Relations since 2022.” A graduate of the Institute of International Relations at the University of Warsaw (BA and MA studies, specialisation: Security and Strategic Studies). She completed postgraduate studies in Trendwatching & Future Studies at the AGH University of Krakow, as well as the Manfred Wörner Seminar organised by the Bundeswehr. She also took part in the Economics and International Affairs Programme at George Mason University in Washington.
A scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Rowny-Paderewski Scholarship Fund, and the German-Polish Science Foundation.
- Germany’s foreign and security policies
- German-French and German-American relations
- Germany and the Indo-Pacific
- Germany and the European Union
- Foreign and security policy in the platforms of German political parties
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L. Gibadło, J. Gotkowska, J. Tarociński, “The Strongest Army in Europe”? The Bundeswehr’s Transformation: Context, Prospects, Limitations (PL), “OSW Report”, 18.09.2026
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K. Frymark, L. Gibadło, A new Ostpolitik? Ukraine as a priority of the Merz government, “OSW Commentary”, no. 730, 13.05.2026
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L. Gibadło, J. Gotkowska, Germany and nuclear deterrence: dialogue with France while preserving US guarantees, OSW, 02.03.2026
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L. Gibadło, Friedrich Merz’s foreign policy – opening protocol, OSW, 04.06.2025
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OSW German and Northern Europe Department, Agency on credit. Germany releases the debt brake, “OSW Commentary”, no. 657, 11.04.2025
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L. Gibadło, Seizing the initiative. Friedrich Merz's security policy vision (PL), “Monitor: German Elections”, no. 2, 17.12.2024
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L. Gibadło, Germany’s Arctic policy guidelines: greater focus on security, OSW, 11.10.2024
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K. Frymark, L. Gibadło, Elections to the European Parliament: the beginning of an electoral marathon in Germany, “OSW Commentary”, no. 603, 05.06.2024
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L. Gibadło, Facing another Zeitenwende. How Germany could react to a possible victory for Trump, “OSW Commentary”, no. 588, 05.04.2024
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A. Kwiatkowska, K. Frymark, M. Kędzierski, L. Gibadło, S. Płóciennik, J. Gotkowska, Making up for lost time. Germany in the era of the Zeitenwende, “OSW Report”, 12.09.2023
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L. Gibadło, J. Gotkowska, Germany’s first national security strategy: the minimal consensus, “OSW Commentary”, no. 519, 26.06.2023
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L. Gibadło, S. Płóciennik, A ‘key state’: India is gaining significance as a political and economic partner for Germany, “OSW Commentary”, no. 509, 26.04.2023
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L. Gibadło, Germany's feminist foreign policy (PL), OSW, 17.03.2023
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L. Gibadło, The SPD leadership on foreign policy: Germany's leadership in a multipolar world (PL), OSW, 14.02.2023
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L. Gibadło, S. Płóciennik, ‘Europe’s engine’ seizing up. French-German relations during the polycrisis, “OSW Commentary”, no. 484, 19.01.2023
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L. Gibadło, A dangerous resemblance. Moves to revise Germany's China policy, “OSW Commentary”, no. 473, 19.10.2022
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L. Gibadło, A. Kwiatkowska, No breakthrough: Scholz's Prague speech on EU reforms (PL), OSW, 31.10.2022
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L. Gibadło, Faulty but Irreplaceable: Multilateralism in German Foreign Policy, “PISM Policy Paper”, no. 14, 24.06.2021