Africa and Middle East Senior Fellow
Political transformation, elite change and social mobilization in the Maghreb states, intra-regional relations in the Maghreb, German and European policies towards the Maghreb states. Current focus: authoritarian resilience in the Maghreb, migration policies in the Maghreb and Maghreb-EU migration cooperation, "turn to Africa" of the Maghreb states.
10/2023-04/2024 Member of Expert Group in Support of the Comprehensive and Deep Reflection on NATO’s Southern Neighbourhood
Since 2020 Chair of the International Advisory Board, Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM)
Since 2019 Member of the "Comité Scientific" of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris
Since 2019 Member of the Foundation Board of the Fondation Hirondelle, Lausanne
2014-2018 Head of Research Division Middle East and Africa
2007-2018 Member of the Foundation Board of the "Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies", Geneva (2010 - 2014 as Vice-chairwoman)
1999 Head of the Swiss Delegation and of the Research, Analysis and Information Division of the Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron (TIPH)
1993-1998 Reporter/Editor with a special focus on the Middle East at the Swiss Broadcasting Company's Radio (DRS)
The Alliance Should Seize the Opportunity to Jointly Reshape Southern Partnerships
doi:10.18449/2024C25
Perceptions and Instrumentalisation
doi:10.18449/2024RP08
How Multinational Consulting Firms Shape Public Policy
doi:10.18449/2023C50
Europe Waits, Watches, Misses Opportunities
doi:10.18449/2022C41
What Do Rankings and Indexes Really Tell Us?
doi:10.18449/2021C37
The Covid-19 Pandemic Tests the Sustainability of Different Governance Approaches
doi:10.18449/2021C15
This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Dr. Isabelle Werenfels, a senior fellow in the Middle East and Africa Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. Together, they discuss how North African states are asserting their newly found leverage over European states, and how European states are changing the ways they approach North Africa. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Will Todman and Leah Hickert to discuss how strategic competition is evolving in North Africa and what it means for Western interests in the region.
First anniversary of the Hirak movement