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Dr. Christian Mölling

Dr. Christian Mölling


Research Division: International Security
Associate

christian.moelling(at)swp-berlin.org

phone:+49 30 88007-410

Member of the Armament project

2008-2009 Senior Research Fellow, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

2007 Visiting fellow, Foundation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris

2006 Visiting staff, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU - military policy unit, Brussels

2006 Visiting Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, London

2006 Visiting Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris

2005-2009 Doctoral candidate, LMU Munich, (Prof. Daase)

2004-2005 Acad. Advisor, German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin

2000-2004 Research Fellow, Hamburg Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy

Expertise:

German and EU defence sector; Civilian and military capabilities; Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP);

EU-armed forces; EU-defence policies; Capability development and »comprehensive approaches«;

Land- and naval system


Current focus:

Defence reform; Germany in the EU defence sector; Financial crisis and military capabilities in Germany and the EU

SWP-Papers (selection):

Pooling and Sharing in the EU and NATO

European Defence Needs Political Commitment rather than Technocratic Solutions

SWP Comments 2012/C 18, June 2012, 4 Pages
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Europe without Defence

The States of Europe Have to Re-evaluate the Interrelationship between Political Sovereignty, Military Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency

SWP Comments 2011/C 38, November 2011, 4 Pages
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with Claudia Major

EU Battlegroups: What Contribution to European Defence?

Progress and Prospects of European Rapid Response Forces

SWP Research Paper 2011/RP 08, June 2011, 36 Pages
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Publications (selection):

with Sophie-Charlotte Brune

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on European Defence. Part 1

Study requested by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, Directorate B, Policy Department Study carried out within the framework agreement between TEPSA and the European Parliament; Ref.: EP/EXPO/B/SEDE/FWC/2009-01/Lot6/09 Editorial closing date: 23/05/2011. Brussels, April 2011, 63 pages
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with Claudia Major

More Than Wishful Thinking?

EU, UN and NATO and Comprehensive Approaches to Crisis Management

in: J. Koops (ed.) Military Crisis Management and Capacity-Building: The Challenge of Effective Interorganisationalism, in: Studia Diplomatica, 62 (2009) 3, pp. 21-28

Options for an EU regime on intra-Community transfers of defence goods

in: D. Keohane (ed.) Towards a European Defence Market Paris, European Union Institute for Security Studies: Chaillot Paper No. 113, 2008, pp.51-88

The European Armaments Sector: The Need for the State to Adapt

in: Center for Security Studies (CSS), CSS Analyses in Security Policy 31/2008, Zürich 2008

Permanent Structured Cooperation

in: European Parliament (ed.) The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on ESDP Workshop Summary, European Parliament, Brussels, 2008, pp.9-13

SWP Research Papers

Michael F. Harsch
NATO and the UN: Partnership with Potential?
Claudia Major, Christian Mölling
EU Battlegroups: What Contribution to European Defence?

Progress and Prospects of European Rapid Response Forces