Michal Pawinski

Michał Pawiński is an academic nomad who worked in East Asia, Eastern Europe, and, currently, in the Caribbean at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan (R.O.C.), as a recipient of a scholarship for outstanding individuals from the Ministry of Education and a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China in Taiwan. He is an author of articles that appeared in the Journal of Developing Societies, Small States & Territories, Defence Studies, International Peacekeeping, Journal of Military Ethics, and Strategic Vision. His research focuses on security studies with ongoing empirical projects in broadly defined themes such as Terrorism, Small Arms Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Private Security Companies, Prison Service, and Military Collaboration.