Dr. Felix Heiduk
Asia Head of Research Division
Areas of Expertise
- Asia
- Indo-Pacific
- South East Asia
- Civil wars
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Defence industry and procurement
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Foreign policy analysis, Security policy, Regional conflicts, Civil Wars, ASEAN, Geopolitics
Working Groups ProjectsShort 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
SWP Publications
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Multipolarities – The World-Order Visions of Others
SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 08, 20.04.2026, 47 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026RP08
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Sham Elections amid the War in Myanmar
Prospects for National Stability and International Cooperation
SWP Comment 2026/C 09, 20.02.2026, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C09
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The ASEAN Summit 2025 – More Than Just a Stage for Trump
SWP Comment 2025/C 48, 19.11.2025, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C48
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Setting the Course after Elections in Indonesia
President Prabowo Subianto and the Complex Legacy of Jokowi
SWP Comment 2024/C 12, 27.03.2024, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C12
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States
More symptom than solution to the problem of growing instability in the Indo-Pacific
SWP Comment 2023/C 31, 12.06.2023, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C31
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Security in the Indo-Pacific
The Asianisation of the regional security architecture
SWP Research Paper 2022/RP 11, 30.11.2022, 37 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022RP11
External publications
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Zeitenwende in the Indo-Pacific? Assessing Germany’s Regional Security Engagement
in: German Politics, 16.04.2026, p. 1-25.doi:10.1080/09644008.2026.2651716
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Minilateralism and pathways to institutional progression: alliance formation or cooperative security governance?
in: Australian Journal of International Affairs, 1-20, 28.10.2024doi:10.1080/10357718.2024.2416566
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What Multipolar World Order and for Whom?
in: 9dashline.com, 30.04.2024 -
The Asianization of Regional Security in the Indo-Pacific
in: The Journal of East Asian Affairs (JOEAA), Vol. 36 No. 2, April 2024, pg. 53-91 -
Middle Powers in the Indo-Pacific Interregnum: The Case of Germany
The spill-over effects of the rivalry between China and the United States, especially those surrounding Washington’s concept of an emerging Indo-Pacific, aren’t confined to countries in Asia. Germany, long a major trading nation, is also struggling to redefine its policies in the face of growing pressures on middle powers, writes Felix Heiduk.
in: Global Asia, Vol.18 No.3, September 2023 -
Dancing with elephants: Asia and the Sino-American Rivalry
in: Felix Heiduk (ed.), Asian Geopolitics and the US–China Rivalry, London: Routledge, 2022doi:10.4324/9781003106814