Matúš Halás Senior Researcher

Matúš Halás works at the IIR as a Senior Researcher and member of the Centre for European Politics since 2018. He received his PhD in International Relations from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, and he studied political science at the Comenius University in Bratislava. In the past, he worked as a lecturer at the Baltic Defense College in Estonia (2016-2018) and assistant professor at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations in Bratislava (2011-2015). His professional interests include strategic studies, deterrence theory, NATO, and European security. Due to his work, he spent some time at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po in Paris and he did his research at the National War College in the United States as well as L’École de guerre in France.