Dr. Dumitru Minzarari

Research Division:

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Focus

Russian Federation, Defense and security policy/Armed forces, Regional and interstate conflicts, Political systems, Euro-Atlantic security, Military technology

Short Curriculum vitae

03/2020–09/2020 Research Fellow/Visiting Scholar, NATO Defense College in Rome

2019 PhD in Political Science, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA

2015–2017 Senior Political Officer, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) field mission in Kyrgyzstan

2014–2015 Operations Officer/Reporting Officer, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

2006 MA in International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in New York, USA

SWP Publications

- Dumitru Minzarari
Failing to Deter Russia’s War against Ukraine: The Role of Misperceptions

SWP Comment 2022/C 33, 29.04.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C33
- Dumitru Minzarari
Justice Reform as the Battleground for Genuine Democratic Transformation in Moldova

Insights for the Eastern Partnership

SWP Comment 2022/C 27, 11.04.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C27
- Dumitru Minzarari
Russia’s brinkmanship over Ukraine and optimal responses

Russia has confronted the EU and the US with the threat of war in Europe, demanding legitimization of its spheres of influence. The way they respond to this challenge will affect how the West is perceived in other regions, including by China, says Dumitru Minzarari.

Point of View, 16.12.2021
- Dumitru Minzarari
- Susan Stewart
The Logic of Defence Assistance to Ukraine
- German
A Strategic Assessment

SWP Comment 2021/C 42, 09.07.2021, 5 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C42
- Dumitru Minzarari
Making Sense of the Contested Biden‑Putin Summit

Russia Instrumentalises Strategic Stability Risks to Influence US Behaviour

SWP Comment 2021/C 41, 06.07.2021, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C41
- Dumitru Minzarari
- Andrea Schmitz
Escalation in the Kyrgyz-Tajik Borderlands

A conflict over natural resources has flared into serious border skirmishes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Lasting solutions will be hard to achieve, given the losses on both sides and the complex background. Dumitru Minzarari and Andrea Schmitz argue that efforts must concentrate on confidence building.

Point of View, 07.05.2021

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External publications

- Dumitru Minzarari
The interstate conflict potential of the information domain

in: NATO Defense College, NDC Policy Brief, No. 19, November 2020.
- Dumitru Minzarari
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Modern Conflict and Future Warfare

in: COVID-19: NATO in the Age of Pandemics, ed. Thierry Tardy, NATO Defense College, Research Paper, No.9, May 2020, pp. 41-50
- Dumitru Minzarari
- Vadim Pistrinciuc
A Problem Shared: Russia and the Transformation of Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood

in: European Council on Foreign Relations, Policy Brief, 23 April 2020

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