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Dr. Guido Steinberg

Dr. Guido Steinberg


Research Division: Middle East and Africa
Senior Associate

guido.steinberg(at)swp-berlin.org

2002-2005 Advisor on International Terrorism, Federal Chancellery, Berlin

2001 Research Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Center Social and Cultural History of the Middle East, Freie Universität Berlin

Areas of Expertise:

Political developments in the Arab East and the Gulf region, especially Iraq and Saudi Arabia; Shiites and Sunnis; Islamism; Islamist terrorism


Current focus:

Iraqi politics, regional implications of the war in Iraq, Saudi arabian foreign policy, al-Qaida, islamist terrorism in the arab east and the Maghreb

SWP-Papers (selection):

Qatar and the Arab Spring

Support for Islamists and New Anti-Syrian Policy

SWP Comments 2012/C 07, February 2012, 8 Pages
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| 111 K
with Christian Wagner, with Nils Wörmer

Pakistan against the Taliban

Wave of Arrests Weakens Afghan Insurgents, but Still Doesn't Signal Strategic Shift

SWP Comments 2010/C 08, March 2010, 7 Pages
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| 166 K

German Middle East and North Africa Policy

Interests, Strategies, Options

SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 09, September 2009, 73 Pages
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| 345 K

The Return of al-Qaida

Current Developments in International Terrorism and Their Consequences for Europe

SWP Comments 2007/C 22, December 2007, 8 Pages
Complete text (PDF)
| 76 K
with Isabelle Werenfels

Al-Qaida in the Maghreb

Just a New Name or Indeed a New Threat?

SWP Comments 2007/C 06, March 2007, 8 Pages
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| 80 K

Publications (selection):

with Guido Steinberg

Renewing Leadership

The Role of Egyptians and Libyans in Al-Qaeda's senior leadership

in: IHS Security and Military Consulting; January 2012, pp 8-13
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| 285 K

Counter-Terrorism and German-American Relations

A German Perspective

in: AICGS Issue Brief No. 26, October 2008, 8 pages
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| 1.4 M

Towards a "Political Turn" in the Fight against Jihadist Terrorism

in: Politique Étrangére, special issue World Policy Conference 2008, October 2008, p.175-187
Complete text (PDF)
| 228 K

A Turkish al-Qaeda

The Islamic Jihad Union and the Internationalization of Uzbek Jihadism

in: Strategic Insights (Center for Contemporary Conflict), July 2008, 10 pages
Complete text (PDF)
| 83 K

From Ron Arad to Gilad Shalit: Germany's Role in the Middle East Prisoner Exchanges

in: AICGS (American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University), (coming soon)
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| 63 K

SWP Research Papers

Andrea Schmitz, Alexander Wolters
Political Protest in Central Asia

Potentials and Dynamics
Muriel Asseburg
Protest, Revolt and Regime Change in the Arab World

Actors, Challenges, Implications and Policy Options