Since October 1, 2020 Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Executive Chairman of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
2010-2020 Member of the Executive Board of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
2007-2009 Research Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
1992-2007 and 2009-2010 research associate at SWP, until March 2001 head of the Middle East and Africa Research Division, 2001-2007 and 2009-2010 member of SWP's executive board
1992 Doctorate, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1989-1992 PhD scholarship at the ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Developing Countries Departm
Areas of Expertise:
Foreign and security policy challenges of Germany and the EU; Geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics; Trade and foreign economic policy
