2022/06: Experts & Staff – ECFR Berlin
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Turkey and Turkish politics; the Kurdish issue (in Turkey and Iraq); democracy; media freedom
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Director, Middle East and North Africa programme
Areas of expertise: Middle East and North Africa
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Political economy of the Middle East and Central Asia, economic diplomacy, sanctions
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: The Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf region, European relations with the Gulf countries.
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Head, ECFR Warsaw
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Germany’s EU and foreign policy; Poland in the EU; EU politics
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Director, European Power programme
Areas of expertise: European foreign and security policy strategy; politics, political movements and cohesion within the EU; Flexible Union; European refugee and migration policy; human rights, democracy, and justice
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Director, Wider Europe programme
Areas of expertise: Europe’s Eastern neighbourhood, Russia, protracted conflicts
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Human rights; democracy; justice; North Africa (especially Egypt and Tunisia); war crimes; drones and counterterrorism; US foreign policy
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Climate/environment, East Asia, Russia, innovation, geoeconomics
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Algeria, North Africa, civil society and youth movements, economic development, public policy and governance
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: German foreign and defence policy; technology and geopolitics; UAVs/drones; artificial intelligence; military technology
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Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa programme
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Europe-Iran relations; Iran nuclear deal and associated sanctions policy; Iranian foreign and domestic policy; Iran-Saudi relations
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Associate Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: United Nations system; European security and defence policy; Africa; Western Balkans
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: India’s foreign policy, South Asia security issues, Indo-Pacific dynamics, maritime security
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Eastern Europe; Russia; armed conflict and military affairs; defence policy; missile defence; missile proliferation
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Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Geo-economics, economic statecraft, security, sanctions policy, German foreign policy
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Iraqi politics; Iraqi foreign policy; democratisation in Iraq; federalism; international development
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Persian Gulf security, Iranian foreign policy, US foreign policy toward the Middle East, diplomacy and conflict resolution
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Research Assistant to the Director
Areas of expertise: EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, Transatlantic Relations, NATO
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Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Sustainable development, development cooperation, governance, leadership development, east Africa, human geography, urban studies, energy
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Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
Areas of expertise: Transatlantic Relations, Russia
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Deputy Director
Head, ECFR London
Areas of expertise: EU institutional reform, EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
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Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Religion, politics, and society in North Africa; the Sahara; the Sahel
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Director
Areas of expertise: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics; China; EU-Russia relations; transatlantic relations; EU politics and institutions; public diplomacy and nation branding; UK foreign policy
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Russian domestic and foreign policy; relations between Russia and the West; the Baltic Sea area; Eastern Europe
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Coordinator for Pan-European Data Projects
Areas of expertise: German and European foreign and security policy; European integration; transatlantic relations; nuclear policy
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Middle East; Israel/Palestine; Western Sahara; conflict resolution; international law and armed conflict
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: African Union, African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), IGAD, regional security and geopolitics, state-building, nation-building, democratisation & social movements in the Horn of Africa.
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Human Rights, British foreign policy, the Gulf states
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Advocacy and Communication Assistant, ECFR Rome
Areas of expertise: Morocco; Iraq; Social movements, Human rights & gender issues in the MENA region
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Lead Coordinator, Task Force for Strengthening Europe Against Economic Coercion
Areas of expertise: Geo-economics, sanctions policy, German and European foreign and security policy
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Libyan affairs; politics, governance and development in the Arab world
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Western Balkans politics, economics, and sociology; Euro-Atlantic integration; violent extremism; peacebuilding and conflict transformation, dialogue, and mediation
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Director, Africa programme
Areas of expertise: Horn of Africa: Sudan/South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea; Red Sea political/security/economic aspects; mediation/conflict resolution; humanitarianism
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Director, Asia programme
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Europe-China relations, US-China relations, Security in East Asia, Chinese Foreign and Security Policy, Geopolitical Dimension of Emerging Technologies
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Research and data officer
Areas of expertise: Political movements, Feminist economics, European integration, CEE countries and Poland
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Japanese foreign relations, security and defense policy, Japan’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, EU-Japan relations
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Head, ECFR Berlin
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: German and European foreign, security and defence policy; Germany’s role in Europe; transatlantic relations
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Technology policy, geopolitics of technology, digital external policy, artificial intelligence
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Nationalism, illiberal democracies & state capture, post-conflict state building & institutional reforms, CFSP, Western Balkans, transatlantic relations
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Central and south-east Europe in the EU, China in central, eastern, and south-east Europe, EU politics and EU conditionality
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Belarus domestic and foreign policy issues, relations with Russia and the European Union
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Deputy Director, European Power programme
Areas of expertise: European security and defence policy, Swedish foreign and domestic politics, conflict resolution/peace building, Russia, the Eastern Partnership countries
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Associate Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Energy; strategic resources; Sub-Saharan Africa
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Deputy Director
Head, ECFR Sofia
Areas of expertise: EU foreign policy; Western Balkans and Black Sea regions; transatlantic relations; regional studies; energy
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Head, ECFR Madrid
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Technology and geopolitics, EU strategic autonomy; disinformation and influence operations
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Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: European energy and climate policies, energy transitions, social acceptance of low-carbon technologies, energy citizenship
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Head, ECFR Paris
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: French foreign policy; European security; politics and security in Asia
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Head, ECFR Rome
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Geopolitics and International Relations; MENA Region; Libya; EU-MENA relations; Italian-Libyan relations; Italian foreign policy
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Ukraine; comparative politics of democratisation in the post-Soviet states; political technology
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Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: International relations; international security policy; European security and defence policy; military capabilities development; defence equipment cooperation; research and industry; Middle East and North Africa; the Middle East Peace Process
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Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Latin America, EU affairs, international trade, Poland in the EU
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