Dr. Guido Steinberg
Research Division:
Africa and Middle East Senior Associate
Areas of Expertise
- Arabian Peninsula
- Kurds in the Middle East
- Middle East
- Jihadism
- Political Islam / Islamism
- Terrorism
Short Curriculum vitae
2002-2005 Advisor on International Terrorism, Federal Chancellery, Berlin
2001 Research Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Center Social and Cultural History of the Middle East, Freie Universität Berlin
SWP Publications
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The Political Transition in Syria: Regional and International Interests
SWP Comment 2025/C 11, 18.03.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C11
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The Fall of the Assad Regime: Regional and International Power Shifts
SWP Comment 2025/C 09, 25.02.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C09
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Qatar’s Foreign Policy
Decision-making processes, baselines, and strategies
SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 04, 06.04.2023, 34 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023RP04
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Terror Against the Taliban
Islamic State Shows New Strength in Afghanistan
SWP Comment 2022/C 12, 21.02.2022, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C12
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The “Axis of Resistance”
Iran’s Expansion in the Middle East Is Hitting a Wall
SWP Research Paper 2021/RP 06, 12.08.2021, 35 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021RP06
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Regional Power United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Is No Longer Saudi Arabia’s Junior Partner
SWP Research Paper 2020/RP 10, 08.07.2020, 35 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020RP10
External publications
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Regional trends after the dissolution of "old orders" in the Middle East and North Africa
In: David Ramin Jalilvand, Kirsten Westphal (Hrsg.): The Political and Economic Challenges of Energy in the Middle East and North Africa, Routledge, 2018, pp.13-26. -
Refugees, Terrorism, and a Failing Security Architecture
Germany’s Domestic Security after the Elections
AICGS (American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University), 21.11.2017 (online) -
Islamist Terrorism in Germany: Threats, Responses, and the Need for a Strategy
AICGS Policy Report 66, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2017 -
AQAP, ISIS, and Domestic Security in Saudi Arabia
in: Joshua Teitelbaum: Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, and the New Regional Landscape, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 133, 2017, pp. 33-36. -
ISIS vs. al-Qaeda: The struggle for the soul of the jihadist movement
in: sicherheitspolitik-blog.de, 05.02.2015, (online) -
German Jihad: On the Internationalization of Islamist Terrorism
New York: Columbia University Press, June 2013, 320 pages