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Type of expert: Individual
First Name Iulia
Last Name Joja
Sector of Activity International Organizations
Primary Field of Expertise Peace and security
Years of Expertise
  • 4-7
Employment Availability
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Collaboration
  • Consultancy
Duration
  • Short-term
  • Medium term
  • Long-term
  • Remote
Geographic Experience / Focus
  • Europe
  • Americas
Gender Female
Peace and security
  • Reform of the armed forces
  • Depoliticisation, civilian oversight
Countries you have worked in Romania, USA, Belgium
Job Title Adviser for Euro-Atlantic security and defence
Employer Romanian Presidential Administration
Sector of Activity Public Sector
Other Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
English Professional Fluency
German Professional Fluency
French Working Knowledge
Spanish Limited Knowledge
Papers / Articles Published

-"Cultura strategică a Germaniei”, in Revista 22, February 2016, http://revista22.ro/70252247/cultura-strategic-a-germaniei.html.
“High Tide: Romanian Security on Europe’s Frontline.”
- US-Romania Initiative Defense and Security Working Group, Center for European Policy Analysis, January 2016 http://cepa.org/sites/default/files/RomSec.pdf (contribution as part of the working group).
- “Rumänien 2015“, in Sicher. Und Morgen? – Sicherheitspolitische Jahresvorschau 2015 (Security Policy Preview 2015), Austrian Ministry of Defence, 2015, http://www.bundesheer.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=7509.
- “The Reflection of Romania’s Role Conception in National Strategic Documents 1990-2014: An Evolving Security Understanding”, Europolity, vol. 9, nr. 1, 2015.
- Weekly analysis on European and international Defence for the Center for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning, Bucharest (2012- 2014).
- “Counter-insurgency – A New US doctrine?”, in Infosfera (Romanian Intelligence Service’s magazine), nr. 1/2014.
- ”The Militarisation of European Security and Defence Policy - Unnecessary and/or Inescapable?” in Sfera Politicii, vol. 18, nr. 11 (153), November 2010, pg. 62-69."

Flagship Projects

- Within the NATO framework, I worked at ACT in a smart defense project focused on the logistics of defense planning, with the aim of influencing national defense planning processes and to bring NATo members’ operational efforts in sync. The project, Operations Chain Logistics Management (OLCM) is designed to become a NATO capability facilitating the Alliance’s commander oversight of all NATO logistics in the theatre and thus make the operation’s planning process more efficient, while significantly decreasing the members’ financial costs. Working on OLCM and land-based force planning, I gained extensive knowledge of NATO military requirements and NDPP. One of my main responsibilities was to assess the Alliance’s general requirements against the corresponding national capabilities and influence the national prioritization of these in favor of NATO policies and capabilities.
- As an adviser on Euro-Atlantic defense to the Romanian Presidential Administration I acquired in depth understanding of the national planning process and was directly involved in the formulation of the Romanian military planning and defense strategy. I have contributed with several initiatives to the national procurement strategy and had as a main responsibility the harmonization of political planning and military requirements.
- Both my BA and my MA thesis focused on Romania's participation in international missions and on the national motivation to participate before, respectively after its EU- and NATO integration.

Additional info about your experience and skills

- worked at the Romanian Representation to the UN and in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department for the UN on the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (2008-2009)
- worked at the Romanian MFA on the Black Sea NGO Forum (2009)
- worked at the European Parliament devising of the MEP’s parliamentary activity within the Foreign Affairs Committee (incl. speech writing) (2010)
- worked at NATO ACT on a smart defense project, where I took lead of the project during several timeframes, conducted political analysis and was responsible for the liaison with the NATO member states (2011)
- worked at the Romanian Presidential Administration on security policy making, defense planning and the national procurement strategy (2012-2014)
- volunteered at Pro Democrația NGO, Bucharest, representing civil society in intergovernmental forums, including NATO, monitoring national and local elections, and managing national civil-governmental relations

- PhD thesis on Romanian strategic culture
- MA in International Conflict Studies from King's College London War Studies Department

- computer skills: Microsoft office suite, Windows and MAC Operating Systems

Managerial Experience Yes
Years of Managerial Experience 1
Trainings Advanced course "Current Problems of National Security’’ National Defence College, Bucharest (6 months, 2013)
Other Professional Certificates Project Management Professional (2011)
Degree Awarded Doctoral
Area of Study Security studies
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