Dr. Peter Rudolf

Dr. Peter Rudolf


Research Division: The Americas
Senior Fellow

peter.rudolf(at)swp-berlin.org

2000 Habilitation, University of Augsburg, Augsburg

1991-1992 Research Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge

1988- Research Associate, SWP, Ebenhausen/Berlin

1985-1987 Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

1984-1985 Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.

Areas of Expertise:

United States, Transatlantic relations

Foreign policy evaluation, normative theory, legitimacy of military force


SWP Publications (selection):

Peter Rudolf

US Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Its Problems

SWP Research Paper 2018/RP 10, November 2018, 27 Pages
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Peter Rudolf

Liberal Hegemony and US Foreign Policy under Barack Obama

SWP Comment 2016/C 40, August 2016, 8 Pages
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Peter Rudolf

War Weariness and Change in Strategy in US Policy on Afghanistan

SWP Comment 2011/C 31, October 2011, 8 Pages
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Peter Rudolf

Sanctions in International Relations

On the Current State of Research

SWP Research Paper 2007/RP 06, June 2007, 17 Pages
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Peter Rudolf

America Policy

Some Conceptual Thoughts about Dealing with the Hegemon

SWP Research Paper 2007/RP 03, January 2007, 25 Pages
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External Publications (selection):

Peter Rudolf

The US under Trump: Potential consequences for transatlantic relations

in: Bruno Schoch, Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Corinna Hauswedell, Jochen Hippler, Margret Johannsen (Eds.) Peace Report 2017 A Selection of Texts. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Member of Leibniz Association - Bonn International Center for Conversion - Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (Heidelberg) - Institute for Development and Peace (Duisburg) - Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg LIT-Verlag, Reihe Internationale Politik / International Politics, Vol. 29, Berlin/ Münster/ Zürich et al., 2017, 108 pages
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Peter Rudolf

UN Peace Operations and the Use of Military Force

in: Survival - Global Politics and Strategy, 59 (2017) 3, pp. 161-182
Peter Rudolf

Evidence-Informed Prevention of Civil Wars and Mass Atrocities

in: The International Spectator, 51 (2016) 2, pp. 86-98
Peter Rudolf

Killing by Drones

The Problematic Practice of U.S. Drone Warfare

in: Ethik und Militär, 1/2014, pp. 41-45
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Peter Rudolf

Return of a Benevolent Hegemony?

The United States is neither an empire nor a weary titan

in: IP - Transatlantic Edition, Special Issue: The United States, Germany and Europe. Building a Global Agenda, 2006, pp. 77-85

SWP Comments

Laura von Daniels, Susanne Dröge, Alexandra Bögner
Ways Out of the WTO’s December Crisis

How to Prevent the Open Global Trade Order from Unravelling

Lars Brozus
Strategic Foresight for Multilateral Policy

Challenges, Opportunities and Success Factors

SWP Research Papers

Marco Overhaus
A Matter of Credibility

Conventional and Nuclear Security Commitments of the United States in Europe

Peter Rudolf
US Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Its Problems