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Dr. Judith Vorrath

Research Division:

International Security Senior Associate

judith.vorrath@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Civil wars
Fragile states
Organized crime
United Nations
United Nations Security Council

Focus

Illicit economies and organized crime in violent conflicts and fragile states; UN sanctions

Short Curriculum vitae

Since 2012 at SWP

2011-2012 Transatlantic Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

2010-2011 Transatlantic Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.

2005-2010 PhD student, NCCR Democracy (National Center of Competence in Research on Democracy in the 21st Century) & Research Assistant, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich

2001-2005 Research and Program Coordinator, Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), Bonn

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SWP Publications

- Judith Vorrath
UN Arms Embargoes under Scrutiny
- German
Obstacles and Options for an Effective Contribution to Conflict Resolution

SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 12, 03.09.2024, 42 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024RP12
- Lars Brozus
- Judith Vorrath
Foresight*: A Breath of Fresh Air on the East River

The Expansion of the UN Security Council Triggers Unexpected Reforms

SWP Comment 2024/C 26, 02.07.2024, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C26
- Judith Vorrath
Sanctions: Requirements and Starting Points for a Protective Sanctions Policy
in:
- Claudia Zilla (ed.)
Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in Practice
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2024/RP 09, 21.06.2024, 81 Pages, pp. 75–79
- Judith Vorrath
- Sandra Kraehenmann
- Dina El Mamoun
War without limits: Reducing violence against civilians in contemporary conflicts

Contemporary armed conflicts are often waged beyond the traditional battlefield and the lives of civilians are affected by increasing levels of violence. Our experts explain why conflicts have become more complex, why lasting peace is difficult to achieve and how civilians can be better protected.This podcast was produced as part of the project “War without limits: Advancing approaches to reducing civilian harm in contemporary armed conflicts” and was financially supported by the Federal Foreign Office.

SWP Podcast 2024/eP 01, 04.04.2024
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- Judith Vorrath
- Laura Marcela Zuñiga
Key Features of Illicit Economies in African Conflicts
- German
Insights from the Reports of UN Panels of Experts

SWP Comment 2022/C 36, 23.05.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C36
German Foreign Policy in Transition: Volatile Conditions, New Momentum
in:
- Günther Maihold
- Stefan Mair
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath
- Christian Wagner (eds.)
German Foreign Policy in Transition
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 5–9

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External publications

- Judith Vorrath
Confronting Illicit Economies and Criminal Threats in UN Missions

Operating in the “Grey Zone”

in: Berdal, M., & Sherman, J. (eds.), The Political Economy of Civil War and UN Peace Operations Routledge, 1st ed., 2023

doi:10.4324/9781003248637
- Judith Vorrath
Peculiarity and persistence of a transregional flow: the evolution of human trafficking for sexual exploitation from Nigeria to Europe

In: Daniel Brombacher, Günther Maihold, Melanie Müller, Judith Vorrath (eds.): Geopolitics of the Illicit. Linking the Global South and Europe, Nomos, E-Book, 2022, pp. 133-162
- Daniel Brombacher
- Günther Maihold
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath (eds.)
Geopolitics of the Illicit

Linking the Global South and Europe

Nomos, 2022, 411 Seiten, E-Book
- Judith Vorrath
The Evolution of UN Arms Embargoes in Conflict Settings: Stumbling Blocks to Effective Implementation

in: Andrea Charron and Clara Portela (eds.): Multilateral Sanctions Revisited: Lessons Learned from Margaret Doxey, McGill-Queen’s University Press, September 2022, page 133-147
- Judith Vorrath
Amid controversies on migration, signs of increasing fragmentation in Africa-EU relations

GEPS Briefing: German European Policy Series – Briefing No. 01/18
- Judith Vorrath
- Verena Zoppei
Africa–EU relations on organized crime: between securitization and fragmentation

In: Ariadna Ripoll Servent/Florian Trauner (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research, Abingdon & New York: Routledge 2018, pp. 323-335

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Areas of Expertise

Short Curriculum vitae

Africa–EU relations on organized crime: between securitization and fragmentation