Michael Zinkanell, M.A.
AIES Director
Michael Zinkanell is the Director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy as of March 2023. Since January 2019, he has been working at the AIES, at first as Research Fellow focussing on the analysis of hybrid threats, cyberattacks, and disinformation campaigns, and from January 2021 onwards Michael Zinkanell held the position of Deputy Director.
In 2014, Michael Zinkanell graduated from Malmö University, Sweden, with a bachelor's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies. After his studies he pursued to work at the Austrian National Defence Academy, Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management, analysing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. In addition, Michael Zinkanell expanded his academic interest and successfully completed his master's degree in International Development, at the University of Vienna, Austria. During the research for his master's thesis on Japanese development initiatives in Afghanistan and Iraq, Michael Zinkanell worked at the Afghan Embassy in Tokyo in 2017.
In addition to his management tasks, Michael Zinkanell is investigating European developments on a geopolitical, national, and socio-political level and is actively involved in the AIES scenario analyses. Furthermore, Michael Zinkanell focusses on new dimensions of hybrid threats, particularly emphasising political implications of disinformation and cyberattacks.
Events
Hybrid Threat Challenges
Das AIES und ESDC organisierten einen Kurs zum Thema „EU Facing 'Hybrid Threat' Challenges“
15.06.2021
Salon Shabka
European Security and Defence: A story of progressing integration and the Space Race 2.0
10.11.2020
Korea-Europe Next Generation Policy Expert Network
Michael Zinkanell, AIES Research Fellow, nahm an einer dreitägigen Online-Konferenz mit Schwerpunkt auf die EU-Korea Beziehungen teil.
05.10.2020
Sicherheit nach COVID-19
Anfang Juni diskutierten Sofia Maria Satanakis und Michael Zinkanell gemeinsam mit Lukas Wank, dem Co-Direktor des Think Tanks Shabka, in einem digitalen Gespräch über die sicherheitspolitischen Implikationen nach Covid-19.
08.07.2020
Deceive and Disrupt: Disinformation as an Emerging Cybersecurity Challenge
AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell und Arthur Liederkerke, MA, im Gespräch.
07.07.2020
AIES Fact-Finding-Mission China: Part III Shanghai
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
25.10.2019
AIES Fact-Finding-Mission China: Part II Nanjing
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
11.10.2019
Fact-Finding-Mission in China
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
04.10.2019
European Political Strategy Centre: TT27 Leadership Academy
Michael Zinkanell, AIES Research Fellow, nahm vom 19. bis 22. Februar 2019 an der TT27 Leadership Academy in Brüssel teil.
12.03.2019
Vienna Process 2019: Russland und die EU
Organisiert vom International Centre for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia Research Vienna (ICEUR) und dem International Institute for Peace (IIP), fand der Vienna Process zum achten Mal am 4. und 5. Februar 2019 statt.
06.02.2019
3C Jahrestagung
Am 30. und 31. Jänner 2019 fand an der Friedensburg Schlaining erneut die 3C-Jahreskonferenz unter dem Thema „Frieden, Sicherheit und Entwicklung“ statt.
06.02.2019
Publications
Cybersecurity Policy in the EU and South Korea
Gertjan Boulet, Michael Reiterer, Ramon Pacheco Pardo (Eds.): Cybersecurity Policy in the EU and South Korea from Consultation to Action. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. 292 pages. ISBN 978-3-031-08383-9. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2022.
20.02.2023
Arms Control
Wolfgang Richter: A Framework for Arms Control – Current Status of and Requirements for Conventional Arms Control in Europe, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Austria Institut für Europa- und Sicherheitspolitik (AIES), Berlin/Vienna 2021
16.11.2021
Der Strategische Kompass der EU
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Sofia M. Satanakis und Christoph Schwarz: Europas Sternstunde einer geostrategischen Neuausrichtung, in: Der Strategische Kompass der Europäischen Union – Ziele, Perspektiven und Chancen für Österreich, Wien 2021.
15.11.2021
The Disruptive Impact of the Cyber Domain on International Security Policy
Michael Zinkanell, David Kirsch: The Disruptive Impact of the Cyber Domain on International Security Policy, AIES Fokus 4/2021
09.02.2021
EU-Trends in 2021
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Livia Benko, Katrin Süss, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Christoph Schwarz: EU-Trends in 2021, AIES Fokus 1/2021
18.01.2021
Deceive and Disrupt: Disinformation as an Emerging Cybersecurity Challenge
Arthur de Liedekerke, Michael Zinkanell: Deceive and Disrupt: Disinformation as an Emerging Cybersecurity Challenge, AIES Studies Nr. 13, June 2020
25.06.2020
The Covid-19 Situation in Syria
Tamara Stangl, Michael Zinkanell: The Covid-19 Situation in Syria: Impacts, Scenarios, and Responses, AIES Fokus 5/2020
28.05.2020
Disinformation during Covid-19 from a European Perspective
Michael Zinkanell: Disinformation during Covid-19 from a European Perspective, AIES Fokus 3/2020
07.05.2020
EU-Trends in 2020
Velina Tchakarova, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Michael Zinkanell: EU-Trends in 2020, AIES Fokus 14/2019
23.12.2019
Videos
Drohnenangriffe im Krieg zwischen Russland und der Ukraine
Michael Zinkanell zu Gast in der Tagesschau
05.05.2023
Zeitenwende für die europäische Sicherheitspolitik
AIES Direktor Michael Zinkanell im Interview bei okto.tv
10.03.2023
Blutbad in Bachmut: Entscheidungsschlacht oder sinnloses Blutbad?
Michael Zinkanell beim „Talk im Hangar“
09.03.2023
Sicherheit nach COVID-19
Anfang Juni 2020 diskutierten Sofia Maria Satanakis und Michael Zinkanell gemeinsam mit Lukas Wank, dem Co-Direktor des Think Tanks Shabka.
08.07.2020
Deceive and Disrupt: Disinformation as an Emerging Cybersecurity Challenge
AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell und Arthur Liederkerke, MA, im Gespräch.
07.07.2020
Go and vote for Europe!
The EU is more than its policies and institutions. It represents shared principles and the notion of a common identity. Michael Zinkanell on the importance of the upcoming European Elections.
16.05.2019