Areas of Expertise

  • German and European defense policy
  • Armament policy and the defense industry
  • Armed forces and military capabilities
  • Future of conflict

Short Bio

Torben Schütz is an associate fellow in DGAP’s Center for Security and Defense. He is also a PhD candidate at Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg where he works as a research fellow at the Defense AI Observatory. His research and work focus on German and European security policy, the future of conflict, military capabilities, military technology and innovation, and arms industry issues. Between 2013 and 2016, Schütz worked in the International Security Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. He holds an master’s degree in political science from Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Languages

German, English

 

[Last updated: January 2023]

Torben Schütz

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Publications

Paratroopers of NATO armies take part in "Swift Response 2017" military drill, a part of "Saber Guardian 2017" exercise, at Bezmer airfield, Bulgaria, July 18, 2017.

Time for Hard Choices on Defense

EU strategic sovereignty in defense remains a distant goal. Member states are desperately clinging to their national sovereignty—but that’s the wrong approach.

Sophia Becker
Torben Schütz
IPQ
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Bild: Internationale Soldaten-Übung

Reform oder Irrelevanz

Die strategische Verteidigungssouveränität der EU bleibt ein Fernziel. Die Mitgliedstaaten aber klammern sich verzweifelt an ein nationales Gestern. So kann das nichts werden.

Sophia Becker
Torben Schütz
IP

EU Crisis Management

Matching Ends and Needs in the Future
Dr. Christian Mölling
Torben Schütz
December 4, 2020, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA: Workers apply a massive adhesive emblem on the windows of the Vehicle Assembly Building promoting ˜Launch America™ at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Friday, Dec. 4 2020.

Revolutionary by Design

The US National Security State and Commercialization in the US Space Sector
Torben Schütz
External Publications

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