EU/Europe Senior Fellow
Thematic working group reordering European security Co-Chair
Franco-German relations in security and defence policy, the role of the Front national and populism in France
Since 2003 at the SWP
2016 Lecturer at Free University Berlin and Bucerius Law School in Hamburg
2014 Political Advisor, Common Security and Defence Policy Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2010 - 2014 Head of Research Division EU External Relations, SWP
2009 - 2010 Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
2001 - 2002 Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI) and the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) in Paris
1999 - 2000 Research Fellow at the German Bundestag and the party executive of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), International Affairs, Berlin
The European Council has granted Ukraine candidate status. Despite political momentum, the road into the EU will be long and arduous. What challenges do the EU and Ukraine face in preparing for accession and eventual admission? This 360 Degrees was coordinated by Nicolai von Ondarza.
Germany’s Future Role in the European Union
doi:10.18449/2022C11
An Analysis of the Draft “Strategic Compass” of the EU
doi:10.18449/2022C03
Contribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 109–111
The Consequences for Franco-German Cooperation
doi:10.18449/2021RP04
Five German and European Priorities for the Transatlantic Agenda
doi:10.18449/2020C61