Dr. Franziska Smolnik
Eastern Europe, Eurasia Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Armenia
- Georgia
- Southern Caucasus
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Short Curriculum vitae
Since 2015 (Senior) associate, research division Eastern Europe and Eurasia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
10–12/2018 German permanent representation to the OSCE
2014 PhD, University of Bremen
2013–2015 research fellow, postdoc in the EU FP7-project “Intra- and Inter-Societal Sources of Instability in the Caucasus and EU Opportunities to Respond”
2012–2013 Forum Ebenhausen fellow
SWP Publications
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Georgia at a Crossroads
Democratic Backsliding and Turning Away from Pro-Western Course
SWP Comment 2025/C 27, 20.06.2025, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C27
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Germany’s Perceptions of Turkey’s Policy in the South Caucasus
From Coexistence to Cooperation?
CATS Network Paper, No. 12, 17 February 2025, 30 Pages -
Reconfigurations in the Post-Soviet South
Dynamics and Change in Eurasia
SWP Comment 2024/C 58, 19.12.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C58
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Dis/Connectivity in the South Caucasus
Imaginaries, the Effects of Power, Ambivalences
SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 09, 29.08.2023, 34 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023RP09
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Deadlock in Georgia
Political Crisis and Regional Changes Need an EU Response
SWP Comment 2021/C 26, 08.04.2021, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C26
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The Strategic Partnership between Georgia and the United States: Vision Wanted
SWP Research Paper 2020/RP 15, 18.12.2020, 33 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020RP15
External publications
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Current Dynamics in Armenia–EU Relations amid Regional Reconfiguration
Possible Ground for Armenia and Georgia to Cooperate in EU Rapprochement?
in: Policy Paper, No. 45, Georgian Institute of Politics, June 2024, 17 Pages -
Germany’s Contribution to Civilian Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in the EU’s Eastern Neigbourhood: Past Experiences and Future Prospects
in: Study 6, Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding, Berlin, 04.10.2023, 115 Pages -
Ramifications of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Rivalry beyond the Spotlight
Special Editor: Franziska Smolnik; with articles by Sofie Bedford; Ulrike Ziemer; Anna Cieślewska
in: Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 134, July 2023, 17 Pages -
China’s „Belt and Road“ Initiative and the South Caucasus
Special Editor: Franziska Smolnik, with articles by Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, Rezo Beradze, Giorgi Khishtovani (Tbilisi); Evelina Gambino (London); Susanne Fehlings (Frankfurt am Main)
in: Caucasus Analytical Digest. Nr. 111, Ocotober 2019 -
Transboundary Processes and (Re-)configurations of Political Space in the Caucasus
in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 58, Issue 5, 2017, 469–480, 12 Pagesdoi:10.1080/15387216.2018.1425890
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Political space and borderland practices in Abkhazia and Adjara: exploring the role of Ottoman legacies and contemporary Turkish influences
in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 58, 2017, Issue 5, S. 557-581