Dr. sc. pol. Kai-Olaf Lang

Dr. sc. pol. Kai-Olaf Lang


Research Division: EU/Europe
Senior Fellow

kai-olaf.lang(at)swp-berlin.org

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Areas of Expertise:

Baltic countries, Central and Eastern Europe, EU Eastern Partnership, EU enlargement policy, European Union


SWP Publications (selection):

Kai-Olaf Lang, Kirsten Westphal

Nord Stream 2 – A Political and Economic Contextualisation

SWP Research Paper 2017/RP 03, March 2017, 39 Pages
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Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Kai-Olaf Lang, Karsten Neuhoff, Ellen Scholl, Kirsten Westphal

Energy in the German-Polish Relationship

Acknowledging Controversies – Pursuing Shared Interests

SWP Comment 2017/C 04, February 2017, 8 Pages
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Kai-Olaf Lang, Barbara Lippert

EU Options on Russia and the Eastern Partners

“Cooperative Confrontation” as the Guiding Principle beyond the Riga Summit

SWP Comment 2015/C 32, May 2015, 7 Pages
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Kai-Olaf Lang, Barbara Lippert

The EU and Its Neighbours

A Second Chance to Marry Democratisation and Stability

SWP Comment 2012/C 02, January 2012, 4 Pages
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Kai-Olaf Lang, Daniela Schwarzer

Consolidating the Weimar Triangle

European Policy Functions of German-Polish-French Co-operation

SWP Comment 2011/C 30, October 2011, 8 Pages
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External Publications (selection):

Kai-Olaf Lang

Can Brussels save democracy?: the lacking effectiveness of EU democracy policy towards member states

in: Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz (ed.), Common Values: discussing German and Polish perceptions of European Integration. Baden-Baden: Nomos, January 2017, pp.13-29
Kai-Olaf Lang

Germany, the European Union, and Their Gentle Force in the European Neighbourhood - A Comparison of Two Soft Power Engines

in: Toms Rostoks, Andris Spruds (eds.): The Different Faces of "Soft Power": The Baltic States and Eastern Neighborhood between Russia and the EU, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga, 2015, pp. 30-62
Kai-Olaf Lang, Daniela Schwarzer

The Myth of German Hegemony

Why Berlin Can't Save Europe Alone

in: Foreign Affairs, 02.10.2012 (online)
Kai-Olaf Lang

Preserving the Alliance, Going European and Knotting Direct Ties

Poland's Euroatlanticism in Transition

in: Peter Schmidt (ed.) A Hybrid Relationship Transatlantic Security Cooperation beyond NATO Series: Internationale Sicherheit Vol. 7 (edited by Heinz Gärtner), Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, pp. 221-234
Kai-Olaf Lang

Populism in "Old" and "New" Europe

Trends and Implications

in: Martin Bútora et al. (eds.) Democracy and Populism in Central Europe: The Visegrad Elections and Their Aftermath Bratislava 2007, pp. 125-140

Working Papers of the Research Division (selection):

Kai-Olaf Lang, Andreas Maurer, Eugene Whitlock

New Stimulus or Integration Backlash?

EU Enlargement and Transatlantic Relations

Working Paper FG 1, 2004/ 07, July 2004, 80 Pages
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In the Media/ »Point of View« (selection):

Kai-Olaf Lang

Guidelines for Effectively Protecting Democracy in the European Union

The EU responds with a blunt sword to dubious moves by member-states of the kind recently observed in Poland. Kai-Olaf Lang lays out some guidelines under which the blunt sword could become an effective instrument for protecting democracy.

Point of View, January 2016

SWP Comments

Raphael Bossong
Intelligence Support for EU Security Policy

Options for Enhancing the Flow of Information and Political Oversight

Nicolai von Ondarza, Felix Schenuit
Shadows over the European Elections

Three Scenarios for EU-sceptical Parties after the 2019 Elections

SWP Research Papers

Lars Brozus (ed.)
While We Were Planning

Unexpected Developments in International Politics. Foresight Contributions 2018

Annegret Bendiek
A Paradigm Shift in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: From Transformation to Resilience