Marcin Terlikowski

Marcin Terlikowski

Deputy Head of Research at the Polish Institute of International Affairs

Marcin Terlikowski is deputy head of Research at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Dr Terlikowski has been a defence analyst with PISM since 2007 and led the International Security Programme of PISM between 2013 and 2022.

In his research he focuses on military aspects of European and transatlantic security with a particular focus on NATO and European Union (Common Security and Defence Policy). He closely follows security, defence and defence-industrial policies of key European states, military and defence-industrial cooperation in Europe and in the transatlantic dimension, including in bi- and mini-lateral formats, as well as the EU’s defence portfolio (PESCO, EDF). 

He holds a Ph.D. in defence economics, earned for an analysis of defence-industrial policy of Europe’s top armament producers (Warsaw School of Economics, 2016), and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies based on a research of cyberthreats (Warsaw University, 2007).