Dr. rer. pol. Annegret Bendiek

Dr. rer. pol. Annegret Bendiek


Research Division: EU/Europe
Senior Associate

annegret.bendiek(at)swp-berlin.org

January 2015 - December 2015: Head of Project »The challenges of digitalization for German Foreign and Security Policy« (SWP Research Paper Due Diligence in Cyberspace)

April 2014 - October 2014: Policy Planning Staff, German Federal Foreign Office

August 2013 - April 2014: Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Transatlantic Academy

2003-2005: Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Bielefeld

Areas of Expertise:

European Union, Principles of European integration, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Euro-Atlantic security, Groups / Regional international cooperation in Europe, Cyber-security, Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), G8/G20 and similar

Current focus: European Cybersecurity, Implementation of the Global Strategy of the EU, Security Union, Civilian Defense, Digital Agenda, EU in der G20


SWP Publications (selection):

Annegret Bendiek

Due Diligence in Cyberspace

Guidelines for International and European Cyber Policy and Cybersecurity Policy

SWP Research Paper 2016/RP 07, May 2016, 33 Pages
Annegret Bendiek, Evita Schmieg

European Union Data Protection and External Trade

Having the Best of Both Worlds?

SWP Comments 2016/C 11, February 2016, 7 Pages
Annegret Bendiek, Christoph Berlich, Tobias Metzger

The European Union’s Digital Assertiveness

SWP Comments 2015/C 43, September 2015, 8 Pages

External Publications (selection):

Annegret Bendiek, Christoph Berlich, Tobias Metzger

European Cyber Foreign and Security Policy through Digital Integration

in: European Cybersecurity Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2015, pp. 23-30
Annegret Bendiek

Challenges to the Rule of Law: EU-US Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

in: Robin Allers, Rolf Tamnes, Carlo Masala (ed.), Common or Divided Security?: German and Norwegian Perspectives on Euro-Atlantic Security, Peter Lang Edition, Frankfurt 2014, pp. 125-146
Annegret Bendiek

Beyond U.S. Hegemony: The Future of a Liberal Order of the Internet

in: Transatlantic Academy Collaborative Report 2014, pp. 57-69

Working Papers of the Research Division (selection):

Annegret Bendiek, Tobias Metzger

Deterrence theory in the cyber-century

Lessons from a state-of-the-art literature review

Working Papers RD EU/Europe, 2015/ 02, May 2015, 20 Pages
Annegret Bendiek

The ENP

Visibility and Perceptions in the Partner Countries

Working Papers FG 2, 2008/ Nr. 01, January 2008, 18 Pages

In the Media/ »Point of View« (selection):

Annegret Bendiek, Christoph Berlich, Tobias Metzger

Three Priorities for Cyber Diplomacy under the German OSCE Chairmanship 2016

Its OSCE Chairmanship 2016 is a chance for Germany to extend cyber diplomacy beyond its politico-military dimension, argue Annegret Bendiek, Christoph Berlich and Tobias Metzger.

Point of View, November 2015
Annegret Bendiek, Miqdaad Versi, Mustafa Yoldas

The EU Summit in Brussels and efforts to fight terrorism across Europe after the deadly terror attacks in France

Interview by Anand Naidoo in: CCTV AMERICA, 13.02.2015 (Video)
Annegret Bendiek

A Liberal Coalition for Internet Governance

The revelations by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden that the NSA is conducting broad surveillance in both the United States and abroad, as well as spying on foreign leaders' communication, proved to be an important turning point for the future of Internet governance.

in: cfr.org, 18.04.2014 (online)
Annegret Bendiek

German academic: US, Europe unlikely to agree on data protection in near future

Surveillance activities are part of the overall US security strategy and spying on Europeans is done to safeguard and protect its allies from possible threats, argues Annegret Bendiek, but views in Paris, Berlin or Brussels are not quite the same.

Interview by Erika Körner, in: euractiv.com, 10.02.2014, (online)

Media quotes (selection):

Annegret Bendiek, Tim Ridout

Restoring Trust in Internet Privacy and Data Security

The Obama administration and U.S. businesses have an enormous stake in restoring trust in Internet privacy and data security. According to Annegret Bendiek and Tim Ridout, signing the UN data protection resolution proposed by Germany and Brazil would be a good first step to do so.

Point of View, November 2013

News

Annegret Bendiek on Twitter

Annegret Bendiek
The Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy
SWP Comments 2016/C 38, August 2016

Annegret Bendiek, Evita Schmieg
European Union Data Protection and External Trade
Having the Best of Both Worlds?
SWP Comments 2016/C 11, February 2016

SWP Comments

Peter Becker
The EU Budget’s Mid-term Review

With Its Promising Reform Proposals, the Commission Lays the Groundwork for the Next, Post-2020 Budget


Tobias Etzold, Christian Opitz
Nordic Europe after the Brexit Vote

The Five Nordic Countries Are Reassessing Their Relations with the EU


SWP Research Papers

Annegret Bendiek
Due Diligence in Cyberspace

Guidelines for International and European Cyber Policy and Cybersecurity Policy


Evita Schmieg
Trade and Investment Agreements for Sustainable Development?

Lessons from the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement with the Caribbean