Patryk Pawlak

Digital transformation, cybersecurity and resilience, cyber diplomacy, capacity building

About

Patryk Pawlak was the EUISS Brussels Executive Officer and led the Institute’s work on cyber and digital issues until the end of 2022.

Patryk Pawlak was the EUISS Brussels Executive Officer and led the Institute’s work on cyber and digital issues until the end of 2022. He was a project director for the EU Cyber Direct - European Cyber Diplomacy Initiative, an EU-funded multimillion project that supports the EU’s engagement on cyber diplomacy and digital policies worldwide. In this capacity, he was also co-editor of Directions Blog on cyber, digital and tech issues.

Between ambition and pragmatism: The future of cyber capacity-building in a fragmented world

This report provides an analysis of the evolving international cyber capacity-building (CCB) ecosystem. Over the past decade, CCB has emerged as a key mechanism for international cooperation. However, despite widespread consensus on its importance, efforts to coordinate and...

Analysis

14 February 2025 By: Nayia Barmpaliou, Patryk Pawlak
Hacking minds and machines - Foreign interference in the digital era

This Chaillot Paper delves into foreign interference and the risk it poses to democratic societies. It explores the interplay between information manipulation and disruptive cyber operations, revealing their role as complementary components within a broader strategy.

Chaillot Papers

2 August 2024 Edited by: Nad’a Kovalčíková
A language of power?

This Chaillot Paper examines the evolution of the EU’s cyber defence policy and analyses the role of cyber defence within the Union’s broader security strategy.

Chaillot Papers

1 November 2022 Edited by: Patryk Pawlak, François Delerue
African spaces

Global powers are increasingly scrambling to project influence in Africa. This Chaillot Paper asks the question: what are the emerging spaces where power competition is taking place in the African continent?

Chaillot Papers

10 March 2022 Edited by: Giovanni Faleg
What if...not? The cost of assumptions

This Chaillot Paper focuses on untested and unverified assumptions about the future, and their impact on foresight.

Chaillot Papers

21 January 2022 Edited by: Florence Gaub

Advancing the cyber resilience agenda with the Western Balkans partners

On 27 September, the EUISS and the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union co-organised an event to deepen the cyber resilience cooperation of the EU and the Western Balkans partners.

Events

Sep 27 2022
Workshop: Foreign interference in the digital domain

The purpose of this workshop was to identify the junctions between the fields of cybersecurity and information manipulation in order to better understand the underpinning challenges for the policymakers and propose potential solutions.

Events

Apr 05 2022
International cyber crisis management regional workshop

What are cyber crisis and how best to manage them at regional and multilateral level? This was the question explored at our online workshop with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

Events

Jan 31 2022
2022 - What's to come? An EUISS film

Our analysts look ahead at some of the major challenges facing the EU and the world this year.

Events

Jan 21 2022
Inclusive and resilient digital transition: a new chapter for the AU-EU relations?

Our online event on 3 December will discuss how the African Union and the EU can ensure a cyber resilient, inclusive and human-centric digital transition.

Events

Dec 03 2021

Patryk Pawlak in Politico

Patryk Pawlak was quoted in the article "Meet Killnet, Russia’s hacking patriots plaguing Europe". Politico

09 September 2022 Patryk Pawlak
Patryk Pawlak in the Wall Street Journal

Patryk Pawlak was quoted in the article "U.S., European Allies Offer Ukraine Cyberdefense". Wall Street Journal

01 February 2022 Patryk Pawlak
Patryk Pawlak in El País

Patryk Pawlak was quoted in an article about competition in cyberspace: "¿Quién tiene más ciberpoder? Una radiografía de las capacidades de EE UU, China, Rusia...

30 January 2022 Patryk Pawlak
Patryk Pawlak in Le Monde

Patryk Pawlak was interviewed by Le Monde for the article "Le logiciel espion Pegasus et les faiblesses des Européens". Le Monde (in French)

28 July 2021 Patryk Pawlak
Patryk Pawlak quoted in Deutsche Welle

Patryk Pawlak was quoted in the article 'Europe's cybersecurity gap threatens infrastructure, elections'. Deutsche Welle

15 February 2019 Patryk Pawlak

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