Dr. Stephan Roll

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Dr. Stephan Roll

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Research Division:

Africa and Middle East Senior Fellow

stephan.roll@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

North Africa and Middle East

Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Elites and elite change

Focus

Economic Developments, Political Economy

Short Curriculum vitae

since 2024 Senior Fellow, Research Division Africa and Middle East

2018 - 2024 Head of the Research Division Africa and Middle East

since 2009 Associate, Research Division Africa and Middle East und since 2024 member of the Thematic working group the challenge of autocratisation

2010 – 2011 Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

2007 – 2009 Hanns Seidel Foundation, PhD scholarship

2006 German Academic Exchange Service, research scholarship (research stay in Cairo, Egypt)

2005 – 2009 PhD Candidate, Subdivision Contemporary Orient Research, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg

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SWP Publications

- Felix Haschen
- Stephan Roll
How a Network of Entrepreneurs and Security Actors in Egypt Wants to Profit from the Reconstruction of Gaza
- German
SWP Comment 2025/C 16, 16.04.2025, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C16
- Stephan Roll
- Antonia Thies
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ and Trump’s Second Term
- German
Between Diverging Interests and Business Relations

SWP Comment 2025/C 02, 13.01.2025, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C02
- Gerrit Kurtz
- Stephan Roll
- Tobias von Lossow
Escalations Risks in the Horn of Africa
- German
Threats from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Somalia Exacerbate Local Conflicts

SWP Comment 2024/C 50, 28.10.2024, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C50
- Stephan Roll
Ice Age for the ‘Cold Peace’ between Egypt and Israel
- German
How the Gaza War Is Affecting Bilateral Relations

SWP Comment 2024/C 10, 14.03.2024, 5 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C10
- Stephan Roll
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE: The End of an Alliance
- German
Divergences of interest in bilateral relations offer opportunities for Germany and the EU

SWP Comment 2023/C 47, 23.08.2023, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C47v02
- Jannis Grimm
- Stephan Roll
Human Rights Dialogue with Arab States

Argumentation patterns of authoritarian regimes as a challenge for a values-based foreign policy

SWP Comment 2023/C 41, 19.07.2023, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C41

Publications of the Megatrends Afrika project

- Stephan Roll
A Dubious Deal with Cairo
- German
Why the German Government Should Not Support the EU-Egypt Agreement in its Present Form

Megatrends spotlight 29, 25.03.2024
- Stephan Roll
Why Egypt’s foreign intelligence service benefits from the World Climate Conference
- German
In Egypt, preparations for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) are in full swing. In this Megatrends Afrika Spotlight, Stephan Roll (SWP) explains the role of Egypt’s foreign intelligence service in its implementation and what this means for the authoritarian regime under President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

Megatrends spotlight 2022 16, 18.10.2022

External publications

- Stephan Roll
- Yannik Hüllinghorst
German Arms Exports and Growing Tensions in the Middle East

Middle East regional dynamics have made arms exports less compatible with German export regulations.

in: TAWAZUN BLOG (online), 22.02.2021.
- Stephan Roll
The Impact of COVID-19 on Egypt’s Economy and Prospects for Reform

in: Prospects for Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities, Human Rights Dissimination Program by CIHRS, February 19, 2021 (online), pp. 26-37.
- Stephan Roll
The Nile Conflict and Egypt’s Failed Power Projection

ISPI Commentary, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), 24.09.2020 (online).
- Stephan Roll
'Egypt's leadership feels markedly threatened by Turkey'

The dispute about maritime territories between Turkey and Greece is heating up. Egypt's involvement has added a new dimension to the conflict, the Middle East analyst Stephan Roll says.

Interview with Panagiotis Kouparanis, in: Deutsche Welle, 11.08.2020 (online)
- Stephan Roll
A Missed Opportunity: Germany and the IMF-Agreement with Egypt

Tarek Radwan (Ed.): The Impact and Influence of International Financial Institutions on the Economies of the Middle East and North Africa, Tunis: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, April 2020, pp. 126-136.
- Stephan Roll
Aramco’s IPO and Bin Salman’s Fiscal Takeover

In: Sada, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 02.12.2019 (online)