Mr. Pawlak is Research Fellow at the EUISS where he deals with EU-U.S. relations and U.S. domestic and foreign policies. Prior to joining the EUISS, he was a visiting scholar at numerous research institutions, including the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University, the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University, and the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He has published articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals and contributed to several collective research and publication projects. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the European University Institute of Florence.