Dr. sc. pol. Kai-Olaf Lang

Research Division: EU Integration
Deputy Head of Research Division

Areas of Expertise:

The foreign and security policies of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia and their respective candidacies for EU membership; the transformation and consolidation process of the Visegrad countries

SWP-Papers (selection):

with Barbara Lippert

The EU and Its Neighbours

A Second Chance to Marry Democratisation and Stability

SWP Comments 2012/C 02, January 2012, 4 Pages

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with Daniela Schwarzer

Consolidating the Weimar Triangle

European Policy Functions of German-Polish-French Co-operation

SWP Comments 2011/C 30, October 2011, 8 Pages

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Power Changes Hands in Warsaw, Change of Course in Foreign Policy?

SWP Comments 2005/C 60, December 2005, 8 Pages

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Poland and the East

Poland's Relations with Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine in the Context of European Eastern Policy

SWP Comments 2005/C 23, June 2005, 8 Pages

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with Joanna Majkowska

The Netherlands - Europe's New Obstructionist?

The Re-positioning of a Model EU Member State's European Policy

SWP Comments 2005/C 29, June 2005, 4 Pages

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Publications (selection):

Preserving the Alliance, Going European and Knotting Direct Ties

Poland's Euroatlanticism in Transition

in: Peter Schmidt (ed.) A Hybrid Relationship Transatlantic Security Cooperation beyond NATO Series: Internationale Sicherheit Vol. 7 (edited by Heinz Gärtner), Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, pp. 221-234

Populism in "Old" and "New" Europe

Trends and Implications

in: Martin Bútora et al. (eds.) Democracy and Populism in Central Europe: The Visegrad Elections and Their Aftermath Bratislava 2007, pp. 125-140

European Neighbourhood Policy

Where do we stand - where are we heading?

in: Kai-Olaf Lang / Johannes Varwick (eds.) European Neighbourhood Policy Challenges for the EU-Policy Towards the New Neighbours Opladen/ Farmington Hills 2007, pp. 15-24