Dr. Raphael Bossong
Research Cluster Cybersecurity and Digital Policy
Research Division:EU/Europe Deputy Head of Research Division
Areas of Expertise
- Crisis management
- European Union
- Justice and Home Affairs in the EU
- Migration policy
- Political system of the European Union
- Terrorism
EU counterterrorism policy, border security and effects of the migration crisis on the EU
Short Curriculum vitae
Since 2016 at SWP
2013–2016 Lecturer, Europe University Viadrina
2010–2014 Researchers, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Hamburg
2008–2010 Research Associate, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin
2006–2008 Research Assistant, Department for International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
SWP Publications
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Turning the EU into a Life Insurance Policy
German European Policy in Times of Upheaval
SWP Comment 2025/C 24, 27.05.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C24
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The Externalisation of European Refugee Protection
A Legal, Practical and Political Assessment of Current Proposals
SWP Comment 2024/C 13, 28.03.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C13
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Ukraine’s possible EU accession and its consequences
The European Council has granted Ukraine candidate status. Despite political momentum, the road into the EU will be long and arduous. What challenges do the EU and Ukraine face in preparing for accession and eventual admission? This 360 Degrees was coordinated by Nicolai von Ondarza.
360 degrees, 22.07.2022 -
Hybrid Threats and the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy
in: German Foreign Policy in TransitionContribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 65–68
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Advancing the EU Security Union vs Protecting the Community of Law
in: German Foreign Policy in TransitionContribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 29–32
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The Next Steps for EU Counterterrorism Policy
Evolving Threats of Jihadism, Right-wing Extremism, and Transatlantic Cooperation
SWP Comment 2021/C 20, 18.03.2021doi:10.18449/2021C20
External publications
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How Assad’s fall is shaking up Germany’s migration debate
Hosted by Nina Haase and Michaela Küfner, in: Berlin Briefing, DW News, 20.12.2024 (Videopodcast) -
Is the introduction of border checks a symbolic act by the German government?
Interview with Phil Gayle, in: DW News, 17.09.2024 (starting at the 6:25 minute mark, video) -
After Solingen terror attack: What Germany really needs to change
Interview by Nina Haase, in: DW News, 27.08.2024 (starting at the 7:07 minute mark, video) -
What needs to happen to prevent further attacks?
in: Deutsche Welle, 13.11.2020 (Video) -
"Right-wing terrorism is a strategic threat"
Discussing the mosque shootings by a white supremacist in New Zealand, terrorism expert Raphael Bossong tells DW it is important to "reorient more resources" from jihadi terrorism, which remained very serious, to right-wing terrorism.
Interview in DW News, 16.03.2019 (Video) -
The EU and Japan in the fight against terrorism and organised crime
in: EU-Japan security cooperation: trends and prospects, London: Routledge, Tayor & Francis Group, 2019, S. 74-92