Master of Arts (MA) · European University Viadrina/ UAM Poznań
Shaheen Gaszewski is a political analyst specializing in European security, Eastern Europe, and Polish-German relations. He has gained experience i.a. at the Munich Security Conference, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the European Parliament, and he holds a double Master’s degree in International Relations and European Studies. Shaheen has volunteered in the German Bundeswehr and now serves in the Polish Territorial Defence Forces, while working as a strategic foresight analyst in Warsaw.
Germany’s new Military Strategy refocuses the Bundeswehr on Alliance defence and deterrence against Russia, aiming to be Europe’s strongest conventional army. This shift aligns Germany’s threat assessment with Poland’s, but triggers Polish anxiety about competition for the US’s ‘primary ally’ sta…
Russia has massively scaled up its production of long-range drones since the full-scale invasion and is gradually improving their technical characteristics and tactics. This buildup now threatens European states, which can detect incursions but lack a cheap way to stop mass incursions. Europe mus…
