Dr. habil. Christian Wagner

Research Division: Asia
Head of Research Division

2001 - 2002 Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research at University of Bonn

1996 - 2001 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Science and Administrative Studies, University of Rostock

1994 - 1995 Research Fellow at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin

1991 - 1994 Administrative Officer at University of Mainz

1990 - 1991 Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg

Areas of Expertise:

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal. Foreign Policy and Security, Democracy and Ethnic Conflicts, Regional Cooperation

SWP-Papers (selection):

A Missed Opportunity for Islamabad

Pakistan-American Relations after the Abbottabad Raid

SWP Comments 2011/C 16, June 2011, 4 Pages

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Promotion of Democracy and Foreign Policy in India

SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 13, October 2009, 27 Pages

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with Oliver Thränert

Pakistan as a Nuclear Power

Nuclear Risks, Regional Conflicts and the Dominant Role of the Military

SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 08, June 2009, 30 Pages

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with Citha D. Maaß

Peace in Waziristan

Success or Setbacks in the Fight against Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

SWP Comments 2006/C 25, October 2006, 7 Pages

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India: A Difficult Partner in International Climate Policy

in: Susanne Dröge
International Climate Policy

Priorities of Key Negotiating Parties

SWP Research Paper 2010/RP 02, March 2010, 111 Pages, P. 67-73

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Publications (selection):

Soft Power and Foreign Policy: Emerging China and its Impact on India

in: Sudhir T. Devare, Swaran Singh, Reena Marwah (eds.): Emerging China, Prospects for Partnership in Asia. New Delhi, Routledge, 2012, pp. 306-318

India's Gradual Rise

in: Politics, Volume 30, December 2010, pp. 63–70

Governance in Afghanistan in a Regional Perspective

Afghanistan Analyst Network (AAN) Discussion Paper 02/2010, January 2010, (online)

Pakistan's Afghanistan Policy in the Shadow of India

in: Ehrhart, Hans-Georg; Pentland, Charles C. (eds.) The Afghanistan Challenge Hard Realities and Strategic Choices McGill-Queen's University Press, London, Ithaca, 2009. pp.113-127

in: Giovanni Grevi / Àlvaro de Vasconcelos (eds.) Partnerships for effective multilateralism EU relations with Brazil, China, India and Russia Chaillot Paper No. 109 (May 2008), Institute for Security Studies, (European Union), Paris, pp. 87-103