Julian Pawlak

Find the paper here, English version forthcoming

gids-hamburg.de/von-sicherhe...

#Maritime #Security #Safety #BalticSea #NorthSea #Shadowfleet

Our analysis shows the untapped potential to address these risks. Both the North and Baltic Seas, designated as Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs), offer room for more strategic action. European nations should take a proactive approach and use existing tools to strengthen maritime security

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In sensitive maritime regions like the Baltic Sea, this trend is deeply concerning. The security, economic, and environmental implications place regional maritime safety under significant strain.

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Operating outside international norms, they:
⚠️ Obscure ownership and control
⚠️ Undermine transparency and monitoring
⚠️ Increase the risk of accidents & environmental damage

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Öltanker Eventin vor Rügen - Warten auf die Katastrophe? Seit Monaten liegt die Eventin vor Rügen, der Öltanker wird Russlands Schattenflotte zugerechnet. Die Sorge wächst, dass aus dem Schiff Öl austreten könnte. Doch laut NDR-Recherchen wird die Eventin v...

🚢 Safety Gaps, Security Risks: Substandard Vessels and the Expanding #Maritime #Threat 🌊

Substandard vessels - often part of shadow fleets - are becoming a major security challenge for #Europe and beyond. #Eventin

www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

However, the ultimate threat in the Baltic Sea region remains the potential culmination and escalation of grey zone and hybrid activities towards conventional armed conflict. In other words, next to current challenges one must consider naval warfare in the Baltic Sea:
gids-hamburg.de/re-thinking-...

Threats to critical infrastructure, grey zone aggression and #NATO #BalticSentry response are currently dominating headlines regarding the #BalticSea. As I stated for years, the Baltic Sea is hardly anyone's "lake".
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Worth a read, and a thought:

Congrats!!