Jintro Pauly is a Policy Advisor with the Munich Security Conference (MSC), where he works on the MSC’s Defense and Technology programs. His research interests include nuclear security, European security, NATO-Russia relations, and tech governance.
Jintro is originally from Maastricht in the Netherlands, but moved to Berlin for his studies in 2019. He holds a liberal arts degree (BA) with a focus on political science and international relations from University College Maastricht, as well as an MSc in public administration and political science from Radboud University in Nijmegen and an MA in international affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin.
Before joining the MSC, he was active in local politics in his hometown and interned at the Office of the Political Advisor at NATO’s Joint Force Command headquarters in Brunssum, the Netherlands.

Policy Project: C'est le Ton Qui Fait la Musique: Understanding Perceptions of France's Strategic Dialogue on Nuclear Deterrence Among European Allies

This policy project focuses on the strategic dialogue on the French nuclear arsenal’s role in European security to which President Macron invited France’s European allies in 2020. Since this initial invitation, Europe’s geopolitical circumstances have changed, with an aggressive Russia waging war against Ukraine and NATO-sceptical voices becoming louder in the US. This policy project investigates how perceptions of this French initiative have evolved over time in various European countries and what the future of this dialogue might look like. Have new geopolitical realities made European countries more receptive to this strategic dialogue? What results do countries expect from it? And what do the results of the parliamentary snap elections in France mean for the future of the dialogue? This policy project aims to answer these questions and provide recommendations on how participating countries should structure the strategic dialogue to have it strengthen Europe’s nuclear deterrence posture.