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Mario Mandlik is a research assistant and PhD candidate at the Chair of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg.
After completing his voluntary military service, he studied political science, history, and rhetoric at the University of Regensburg, earning a bachelor's degree and then a master's degree in democracy studies. In 2023, he completed his studies with a focus on international politics with a thesis on Australian policy toward China.
This was followed by a professional position as a research assistant and lecturer at the Chair of Governance in Multi-Level Systems at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Freiburg.
Since 2025, Mario Mandlik has been a PhD candidate at the University of Regensburg, researching his dissertation project with the working title “Alliance Formation in the Indo-Pacific.” In it, he uses theory to examine the security policy reasons, forms, and consequences of alliance formation processes in the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition to his dissertation topics, his research focuses on geopolitics, defense policy, and military policy.
Mario Mandlik's dissertation project is funded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), and he has been a member of the KAS doctoral program “Security and Development in the 21st Century” since 2025.?
He is also a reserve officer in the German Armed Forces and is involved in the Regensburg University Group for Foreign and Security Policy in the Federal Association for Security Policy at Universities (BSH).?
Research
? Alliance policy in the Indo-Pacific
? Security and defense policy
? Geopolitics
? Military
? Structural neorealism, neorealist alliance theory
Courses
- “(Geo-)Politische Dynamiken im Indopazifik” - Proseminar SoSe 2024 - Universit?t Freiburg
- “Einführung in die Europ?ische Integration” - Proseminar SoSe 2024 - Universit?t Freiburg
- “Souver?nes Europa? Die Au?en-, Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik der EU” - Proseminar WiSe 2024/25
- “Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft” - Proseminar WiSe 2024/25 - Universit?t Freiburg
- “Einführung in die Internationale Politik” - Grundkurs WiSe 2025/26 - Universit?t Regensburg
Publications
Lectures & Publications:
“Das Ende der Pax Americana? - Die Weltordnung im Wandel” - Vortrag 26.07.2025 - Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing
