Dr. Barbara Lippert
Executive Board Director of Research
Areas of Expertise
- EU enlargement policy
- European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
- Political system of the European Union
- Principles of European integration
European Enlargement Policy and its implications for the political system and the policies of the European Union as well as Germany's approach to European Affairs
Working GroupsShort Curriculum Vitae
Since April 2009 Director of Research in the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
1992-2009 Deputy Director of the Institute for European Politics (IEP)
1997 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) from the University of Bonn
1981-1987 Political Science, Modern History, Eastern European History and Slavonic Studies at the University of Bonn and the Free University Berlin
SWP Publications
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EU Enlargement: Ukraine as a Special Case – the Western Balkans as the Norm
Anchoring Kyiv in the EU through a New Type of Accession Association
SWP Comment 2026/C 17, 20.04.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C17
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With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United States
SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026RP05
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Acceding Countries’ Gradual Integration into the EU Single Market
Prerequisites, Opportunities and Hurdles
SWP Comment 2024/C 42, 16.09.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C42
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EU Enlargement: Geopolitics Meets Integration Policy
The EU Is Set to Add Gradualist Elements to Its Enlargement Doctrine
SWP Comment 2024/C 01, 11.01.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C01
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European Summit in Prague Sets Agenda and Isolates Moscow
The European Political Community’s inaugural summit in Prague creates a new format for open and equal high-level discussion of issues affecting all of Europe. As Barbara Lippert explains, its success will depend on the EU.
Point of View, 17.10.2022 -
The EU’s Next Eastward Enlargement Will Be Complicated and Expensive
Accession Negotiations, Association and New Formats Should Be Coordinated
SWP Comment 2022/C 46, 12.08.2022, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C46
External publications
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From Marginal to Central: the Foreign and Security Dimension of EU Enlargement Policy
in: Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, European Policy Analysis, September 2024:18epa -
The European Political Community – a wildcard for a transition period
Genshagen: Sitftung Genshagen, CFA/ÖFZ, 2023 (The European Political Community – perspectives from Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Vienna, 3) -
Turkey as a Special and (Almost) Dead Case of EU Enlargement Policy
in: Wulf Reiners/Ebru Turhan (eds.): EU-Turkey Relations. Theories, Institutions, and Policies, Cham 2021, S. 267-293doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70890-0_11
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As Good As It Gets – The EU Policy of Germany’s New Government
Scottish Centre on European Relations blog, 13.02.2018 -
Germany and European Integration: Keeping Together While Moving Forward
Scottish Centre on European Relations blog, 05.06.2017 -
The Nexus between Enlargement and Differentiation
Rom: Istituto Affari Internazionali, 2017 (Project EU60: Re-founding Europe. The Responsibility to propose)