Marian Zulean

Dr Marin Zulean holds a PhD in Military Sociology from University of Bucharest, an MA in International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh and was a postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland's Department of Sociology. He has an extensive experience as a public servant. Until recently he was an adviser with the National Security Department, Office of the Romanian President (where he contributed to drafting National Security Strategy). As an academic he teaches Policy Analysis, International Security and Civil-Military Relations.

Among his latest international publications: “The military in post-communist countries in transition”, forthcoming in Social Sciences and the Military, G. Caforio (Ed), Routledge Publishing House; “Civil-Military Cultural Gap in Romania”, in Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered: The Aftermath of September 11th , G. Caforio and G. Kummel (Eds), Elsevier (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 2005); “Reforming the Security Sectors in SEE: Lessons Learned and Their Relevance for a Wider Black Sea Area Policy”, in Connections, Vol. III, No. 4, December 2004; “Security Sector Reform in Romania”, in E. Cole, Th. Donais & Ph. Fluri (eds.), Defence and Security Sector Governance and Reform in South East Europe Self-Assessment Studies: Regional Perspectives, (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2004); “Changing Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in Southeastern Europe”, in Mediterranean Quarterly, Spring, 2004.

He is a member of such institutions like the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS), Brzezinski Scholar Program, RC01 of International Sociological Association and ERGOMAS. His main fields of interests are military sociology, civil-military relations, security sector reform, NATO transformation, international affairs (international security institutions and regimes) and global public policies. Between 2005/2008 he attended Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching on South Eastern Europe and the new Euro-Atlantic System of Security.