Dr. rer. pol. Hanns Günther Hilpert
Asia Visiting Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Asia
- East Asia
- Japan
- Foreign trade policy
- International monetary policy
- Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation
East Asia, Japan, Trade Policy, Monetary Policy, Regional Integration and Cooperation
Short Curriculum vitae
Since July 2025 Visiting Fellow in the Asia Research Division at SWP
2024-2025 Head of the Thematic Focus “Economic and Technological Transformation” (together with Sascha Lohmann) at SWP
2023-2025 Senior Fellow in the Asia Research Division at SWP
2014-2022 Head of the Asia Research Division at SWP
2005-2014 Deputy Head of the Asia Research Division at SWP
Joined SWP in March 2002
1999-2002 German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo
1989-1999 Study Center Japan / Asia at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
SWP Publications
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India on Its Way to Becoming a Global Agricultural Power: Challenges for the EU and Germany
in: India as a Partner of German Foreign PolicyContribution to a Research Paper 2024/RP 17, 28.11.2024, 32 Pages, pp. 13–18
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The Digitalisation of Central Bank Money
China Advances while Europe Hesitates
SWP Comment 2024/C 48, 21.10.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C48
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China’s Currency Campaign
The Challenge of Internationalisation and Digitalisation of the Renminbi
SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 07, 11.06.2024, 36 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024RP07
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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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Sea Change in EU Trade Policy
Opportunities for diversification in the Indo-Pacific
SWP Comment 2022/C 59, 19.10.2022, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C59
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Dealing with Taiwan
SWP Research Paper 2022/RP 09, 09.09.2022, 91 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022RP09
External publications
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Taiwan in the World Economy and in International Economic Organizations
in: Taiwan and International Organizations – Between Security, Cooperation and Identity (Special Paper), Institute for Security and Development Policy, August 2024, S.35-42 -
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and Europe: Impact and Implications
ERIA Discussion Paper Series, No. 441, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, August 2022 -
Monetary Policy Implementation in East Asia
This book shares essential insights into the implementation of monetary policy in various East Asian countries.
Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, Volume 51, Springer International Publishing, 2020 -
The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: Opportunities and Pitfalls
in: CESifo Forum, 20 (2) 2019, pp. 10 - 16 -
US-North Korean talks continue, but can Kim Jong-un’s pledge to give up his nuclear program be taken at face value?
in: The Security Times, February 2019 -
Human Rights in North Korea: A European Perspective
in: The Journal of East Asian Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2016), pp. 67-92