Dr. habil. Christian Wagner
Asia Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- India
- Indo-Pacific
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- South Asia
- Sri Lanka
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Regional cooperation and alliances
India's foreign policy, democracy/democratization, minority conflicts
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
Joined SWP in January 2003, since 2024 part of the Thematic Working Group The Challenge of Autocratisation
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
SWP Publications
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Introduction: India as a Partner of German Foreign Policy
in: India as a Partner of German Foreign PolicyContribution to a Research Paper 2024/RP 17, 28.11.2024, 32 Pages, pp. 5–8
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India as a Partner of German Foreign Policy
SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 17, 28.11.2024, 32 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024RP17
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India: SDGs between Nationalism and Development
in: Country-level Politics around the SDGsContribution to a Research Paper 2023/RP 07, 10.07.2023, 75 Pages, pp. 38–41
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Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between India and the EU
Ambitions, expectations, obstacles, and incentives
SWP Comment 2023/C 11, 21.02.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C11
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In China’s Shadow: Indo-Taiwan Relations
in: Dealing with TaiwanContribution to a Research Paper 2022/RP 09, 09.09.2022, 91 Pages, pp. 64–68
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Bolstering the India-Germany Strategic Partnership
Deepening commonalities, broadening the agenda, acknowledging differences
SWP Comment 2022/C 51, 29.08.2022, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C51
External publications
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Searching common security in the Bay of Bengal
In: Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, October 2023 (online) -
Germany's South Asia Policy
in: Sumit Ganguly, Frank O'Donnell (eds.), Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia, London, New York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 395-407 -
Germany’s Indo-Pacific Guidelines
in: Yogesh Joshi, Ippeita Nishida, Nishant Rajeev (eds.), Securing the Indo-Pacific: Expanding Cooperation between Asia and Europe, ISAS South Asia Discussion Papers, Singapore: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)/ Sasakawa Peace Foundation, December 2021, pp. 41-49 -
The Remaking of South Asia
Geopolitical Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Global and Regional Order, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn 2021, 8 Pages -
BIMSTEC: Regionalism, Connectivity and Geopolitics
in: Rakhahari Chatterji and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury (eds.), Reimagining BIMSTEC: Strengthening Regional Solidarity Across the Bay of Bengal, New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation, 2021, pp. 296-303 -
India as a Regional Security Provider in South Asia
In: South Asia Scan – NUS Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore, 02.07.2020