Security, Defence & Hybrid Threats

Mona Flaskamp is a political scientist and Chief of Staff in the German Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens. She works on foreign and security policy, with a focus on the Middle East, European security and transatlantic relations.

Current Position
2025-: Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the German Bundestag, Omid Nouripour.

Previous Experience
2024-2025: Chief of Staff to Omid Nouripour as Co-Chair of Alliance 90/The Greens
2023-2024: Parliamentary Assistant, German Bundestag
2016-2022: Earlier experience in communications, civil society, and political affairs

Key Assets
Trusted adviser at the highest levels of German politics
Strong experience in parliamentary leadership and political strategy

Project Idea
Weimar Triangle as parliamentary coordination format for EU security – NATO, Russia

Philipp Bittner represents Airbus Commercial as Public Affairs Manager in Berlin. Previously he gained experience in negotiation, leadership and diplomacy at Airbus Defence and Space, the Federal Foreign Office and the European Academy of Diplomacy – EAD (Poland).

He is a graduate of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) and University of Munich (Germany) as well as the Academy of Young Diplomats at EAD in Warsaw. 

Current Position
2026-: Public Affairs Manager at Airbus Commercial Germany.

Previous Experience
2022-2026: Chief of Staff Central Works Council and European Committee at Airbus Defence and Space
2021-2022: Business Development, GovRadar
2020-2021: Foreign and Security Policy Officer, German Federal Foreign Office (German Embassy in Warsaw)

Key Assets
Combines aerospace and defence industry expertise with public-sector experience.
Strong understanding of European security and industry policy as well as transatlantic cooperation. Academic background in History and Political Science focused on Eastern Europe. 

Project Idea
Strengthening NATO European Pillar / Weimar 3 Foreign & Security Policy initiative

Dr. Johanna Möhring is a political scientist specialising in European defence. Currently postdoc at University Grenoble-Alpes, she is affiliated with the ENS in Paris and Bonn University.

Current Position
2024-: Postdoctoral Fellow in Grenoble and Geneva, researching AI in military command and nuclear strategy.

Previous Experience
2021-2024: Associate Fellow in Bonn and Paris on Franco-German security relations and the war in Ukraine
Senior Fellow, Institute for Statecraft, London
PhD on European defence cooperation

Key Assets
Rising expert on European defence and military innovation
Research focus on emerging technologies and strategic stability

Project Idea
Defence capability development – overcoming obstacles to defence industrial cooperation DE/FR/PL

Eric Dikoume is deputy head of the French National Gendarmerie's International Mission. He works on foreign affairs, focusing on European security and defense policy, as well as on EU justice and home affairs.

Current Position
2025-: Deputy Head of the French Gendarmerie’s International Mission.

Previous Experience
2023-2025: Chief of Staff, EU Mission in Armenia
2020-2023: Adviser to the French Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee
2021-: Lecturer, European Security and Defence College

Key Assets
Combines operational, diplomatic, and European security experience
Extensive expertise in crisis management and international missions

Project Idea
Integrated approach within EU structures – conflict management, humanitarian aid, development

Legal advisor specializing in EU energy regulation, climate policy and strategic projects, with 14+ years of experience in cross-border cooperation and governance.

Current Position
2017-: Legal Adviser at ORLEN, focusing on EU energy and climate regulation, energy security, and decarbonisation.

Previous Experience
Advising major cross-border energy projects across Central and Eastern Europe

Key Assets
Expertise at the intersection of energy policy, regulation, and security
Extensive experience with European energy transition challenges

Project Idea
DE-FR-PL initiative on energy security & strategic autonomy – cross-border infrastructure

Jarek M. Domański currently serves as a senior adviser to the Chair of the Council for Cooperation with Ukraine at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. He is also Senior Adviser at the European Institute of Peace in Brussels. He's former EU diplomat (Kyiv, Chisinau, head of several field missions across 4 continents) and former Polish Ambassador to Iran.

Current Position
2022-: Senior Adviser in the Office of the Prime Minister of Poland and Adviser at the European Institute of Peace.

Previous Experience
2020-2022: Deputy Head of Mission, European Union
2019-2020: Head of Mission, OSCE
2017-2019: Ambassador of Poland to Iran
Experience in leading European and transatlantic think tanks

Key Assets
One of Poland’s most experienced diplomats of his generation
Extensive expertise in conflict resolution, mediation, and international security

Project Idea
EU foreign policy coherence – reflections on Weimar Triangle cooperation