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Dr. Raphael Bossong

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Research Cluster Cybersecurity and Digital Policy

Research Division:

EU/Europe Deputy Head of Research Division

raphael.bossong@swp-berlin.org +49 30 88007-368

Curriculum Vitae
Publications
News

Areas of Expertise

Crisis management
European Union
Justice and Home Affairs in the EU
Migration policy
Political system of the European Union
Terrorism

Focus

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

Turning the EU into a Life Insurance Policy
- German
German European Policy in Times of Upheaval

SWP Comment 2025/C 24, 27.05.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C24
- Steffen Angenendt
- Nadine Biehler
- David Kipp
- Anne Koch
- Raphael Bossong
The Externalisation of European Refugee Protection
- German
A Legal, Practical and Political Assessment of Current Proposals

SWP Comment 2024/C 13, 28.03.2024, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C13
- Raphael Bossong
- Oliver Geden
- André Härtel
- Ronja Kempin
- Kai-Olaf Lang
- Barbara Lippert
- Chloé Ludden
- Nicolai von Ondarza
- Bettina Rudloff
Ukraine’s possible EU accession and its consequences
- German
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
- Annegret Bendiek
- Raphael Bossong
Hybrid Threats and the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy
in:
- Günther Maihold
- Stefan Mair
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath
- Christian Wagner (eds.)
German Foreign Policy in Transition
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 65–68
- Raphael Bossong
Advancing the EU Security Union vs Protecting the Community of Law
in:
- Günther Maihold
- Stefan Mair
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath
- Christian Wagner (eds.)
German Foreign Policy in Transition
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 29–32
- Raphael Bossong
The Next Steps for EU Counterterrorism Policy
- German
Evolving Threats of Jihadism, Right-wing Extremism, and Transatlantic Cooperation

SWP Comment 2021/C 20, 18.03.2021

doi:10.18449/2021C20

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External publications

- Raphael Bossong
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)
- Raphael Bossong
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)
- Raphael Bossong
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)
- Raphael Bossong
What needs to happen to prevent further attacks?

in: Deutsche Welle, 13.11.2020 (Video)
- Raphael Bossong
"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)
- Raphael Bossong
- Sarah Bothe
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

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