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Dr. Felix Heiduk

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Research Division:

Asia Head of Research Division

felix.heiduk@swp-berlin.org

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7056-6582

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Asia
Cambodia and Laos
Indo-Pacific
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
South East Asia
Thailand
Vietnam
Civil wars
Defence and security policy / Armed forces
Maritime security
Political Islam / Islamism
Regional and interstate conflicts
Regional cooperation and alliances

Focus

Southeast Asia, intrastate conflicts, civil-military relations, terrorism, geopolitics

Short Curriculum vitae

Joined SWP in 2014

2011–2014 Lecturer, Department for Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham

2009–2010 Visiting Post-doc fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

2007–2009 Research Associate, Asia Division of SWP

2004–2007 PhD fellowship Forum Ebenhausen

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SWP Publications

- Felix Heiduk
- Tom Wilms
Early Contours of Philippine Foreign Policy under Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- German
Like father, like son

SWP Comment 2022/C 56, 26.09.2022, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C56
- Felix Heiduk
Much Diplomacy without Diplomatic Relations: Singapore’s Foreign Policy and Taiwan
in:
- Hanns Günther Hilpert
- Alexandra Sakaki
- Gudrun Wacker (eds.)
Dealing with Taiwan
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2022/RP 09, 09.09.2022, 91 Pages, pp. 42–49
- Felix Heiduk
- Gudrun Wacker
No commitment against Russia: How the EU can respond to ASEAN’s reticence
- German
ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is avoiding a clear condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nevertheless, Felix Heiduk and Gudrun Wacker believe that for Berlin and Brussels, there are starting points for dialogue and cooperation.

Point of View, 14.03.2022
- Felix Heiduk
A Delicate Mission: The Frigate Bayern, the Rules-Based International Order and the Status of Diego Garcia
- German
The German frigate Bayern is on a seven-month mission in the Indo-Pacific. Its planned call at Diego Garcia raises questions concerning international law, as Felix Heiduk explains.

Point of View 2021, 24.08.2021
- Felix Heiduk
Civil War in Myanmar
- German
A Further Escalation of Violence Looms on the Horizon

SWP Comment 2021/C 35, 21.05.2021

doi:10.18449/2021C35
- Felix Heiduk
- Gudrun Wacker
From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
- German
Significance, Implementation and Challenges

SWP Research Paper 2020/RP 09, 01.07.2020, 43 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020RP09

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External publications

- Felix Heiduk
Dancing with elephants: Asia and the Sino-American Rivalry

in: Felix Heiduk (ed.), Asian Geopolitics and the US–China Rivalry, London: Routledge, 2022

doi:10.4324/9781003106814
- Felix Heiduk
- Reuben Wong
Security Relations Between the EU and ASEAN

In: Thomas Christiansen, Emil Kirchner, See Seng Tan (eds.), The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, Pages 301-322
- Sophie Boisseau du Rocher
- Felix Heiduk
Can Europe Make a Difference in Myanmar?

How the EU reacts to the coup is litmus test not only for its support of democracy in Myanmar, but also for its capacity to adjust to new systemic challenges in the region.

in: The Diplomat, 26.02.2021 (online)
- Felix Heiduk
From Pariah Image to Partner and Back Again: The EU’s Complicated Relationship with Myanmar

in: Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 7 (3) 2020, pp. 349-369

doi:10.1177/2347797020962703
- Jens Kastner
Thailand king's visa comes under scrutiny of German Greens

Student inquisition collides with Berlin's official ambivalence over royal guest

In: Nikkei Asia, 30.10.2020 (online)
- Felix Heiduk
European Powers and the South China Sea

in: Leszek Buszynski and Do Thanh Hai (eds.), The South China Sea. From a Regional Maritime Dispute to Geo-Strategic Competition, Abingdon/New York, 2020, pp. 151-168

doi:10.4324/9780429331480

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Areas of Expertise

Short Curriculum vitae

European Powers and the South China Sea