The Americas Senior Fellow
US foreign policy, nuclear deterrence, normative theory, legitimacy of military force
Since 2012 Senior Fellow, Research Division "The Americas", SWP, Berlin
2006-2012 Head of the Research Division "The Americas", Berlin
2003-2006 Lecturer at the Free University of Berlin
2003-2006 Member of the Board of the International Politics Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
2000 Habilitation at the University of Augsburg; teaching qualification in the field of political science
1991-1992 Research Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Since 1988 Research Associate, SWP, Ebenhausen/Berlin
1985-1987 Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
1984-1985 Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.
doi:10.18449/2020RP03
On the Current State of Research
Russia’s War Against Ukraine and the Risks of Nuclear Escalation
The United States’ perception of China as a revisionist strategic rival will complicate transatlantic policy coordination.
If the economic interdependence between the United States and China dissolves, economic blocs or closed economic spaces emerge and a process of economic de-globalization begins. In the course of such a bipolarization of the international system, Europe would find itself in a difficult situation.