Africa and Middle East

Research

Dr. Muriel Asseburg

Senior Fellow

muriel.asseburg@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- North Africa and Middle East
- Israel
- Middle East
- Palestinian Territories
- Syria
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Middle East conflict
- Political systems
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Inga Carry, M.A.

Associate

inga.carry@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Karoline Eickhoff

Associate

karoline.eickhoff@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Wolfram Lacher

Senior Associate

wolfram.lacher@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Libya
- Sahel
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Dr. Gerrit Kurtz

Associate

gerrit.kurtz@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ethiopia
- Horn of Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sudan
- Civil wars
- Conflict prevention
- Peacebuilding
- UN missions
- United Nations Security Council
Dr. Peter Lintl

Associate

peter.lintl@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- North Africa and Middle East
- Israel
- Middle East conflict
- Political systems
Sikho Luthango, Mphil.

Fellow

Sikho.Luthango@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Melanie Müller

Senior Associate

melanie.mueller@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Economics, trade, resources
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Southern Africa
- Human rights
- Migration
- Strategic partnerships
- Sustainability governance
Dr. Christina Saulich

Associate

christina.saulich@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Economics, trade, resources
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Human rights
- Natural resources management
- Sustainability governance
Meike Schulze, M.Sc., M.A.

Associate

meike.schulze@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Economics, trade, resources
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Human rights
- Natural resources management
- Non-governmental organizations
- Sustainability governance
Dr. Guido Steinberg

Senior Associate

guido.steinberg@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Non-state violence
- North Africa and Middle East
- Arabian Peninsula
- Kurds in the Middle East
- Middle East
- Jihadism
- Political Islam / Islamism
- Terrorism
Lisa Tschörner

Associate

Lisa.Tschoerner@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Denis M. Tull

Senior Associate

denis.tull@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sahel
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Civil wars
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Political systems
Dr. Annette Weber

Senior Fellow (on leave of absence)

annette.weber@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- East Africa
- Ethiopia
- Horn of Africa
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Jihadism
- Political systems
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Dr. Isabelle Werenfels

Senior Fellow

isabelle.werenfels@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- North Africa and Middle East
- Algeria
- Maghreb / North Africa
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Arab Spring
- Elites and elite change
- Political Islam / Islamism
- Political systems

Research Support

Aljoscha Albrecht, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

aljoscha.albrecht@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- North Africa and Middle East
Julia Fath, M.A.

Research Assistant

julia.fath@swp-berlin.org
Anna Hörter, M.A.

Research Assistant

anna.hoerter@swp-berlin.org
Viktoria Reisch, M.A.

Research Assistant

viktoria.reisch@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Economics, trade, resources
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Human rights
- Natural resources management
Barbara Heckl

Assistant

barbara.heckl@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 413
Jürgen Rogalski, M.A.

Information Research Specialist

juergen.rogalski@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 318
Pelican Mourad, Dipl. geol.

Information Manager

pelican.mourad@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 231
Anna Pellacini, Dipl.-Regionalwiss.

Information Manager

anna.pellacini@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 408
Mark Schrolle

Information Manager

mark.schrolle@swp-berlin.org
Andrea Sperk, M.A.

Information Manager

andrea.sperk@swp-berlin.org

SWP Publications

- Wolfram Lacher
Chad’s Crisis-Prone Transition
- German
Dynastic consolidation and its risks

SWP Comment 2022/C 67, 21.11.2022, 5 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C67
- Wolfram Lacher
Krisenbehaftete Transition im Tschad
- English
Die Risiken dynastischer Machtsicherung

SWP-Aktuell 2022/A 71, 08.11.2022, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022A71
- Guido Steinberg
Katars Außenpolitik

Entscheidungsprozesse, Grundlinien und Strategien

SWP-Studie 2022/S 12, 31.10.2022, 36 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022S12
- Denis M. Tull
Frankreichs Afrikapolitik unter Präsident Macron

Zwischen Reformen, Public Diplomacy und unfreiwilliger politischer Zäsur

SWP-Aktuell 2022/A 62, 06.10.2022, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022A62
- Stephan Roll
Kredite für den Präsidenten

Auslandsverschuldung und Herrschaftssicherung in Ägypten

SWP-Studie 2022/S 10, 30.09.2022, 36 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022S10
- Gerrit Kurtz
The Spoilers of Darfur
- German
Sudan’s protracted political crisis and the intensifying violence in Darfur are closely connected

SWP Comment 2022/C 53, 07.09.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C53

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External publications

- Stephan Roll
Menschenrechtslage in Ägypten: »Menschen sterben in den Gefängnissen«

Interview, in: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 10.11.2022
- Isabelle Werenfels
Maghrebi Elites and the Pandemic: The Political Economy of Counter Revolution

in: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2022, p. 84 - 89
- Svenja Schöneich
Living on a Time Bomb

Local Negotiations of Oil Extraction in a Mexican Community

Berghahn, New York & Oxford, 2022, 256 Pages
- Denis M. Tull
France and the Rest: Testing Alliances in Europe by Providing Security in the Sahel

in: Giovanni Carbone/Camillo Casola (eds.), Sahel: 10 Years of Instability - Local, Regional and International Dynamics, Mailand: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), October 2022, pp. 101-116.
- Wolfram Lacher
How does civil war begin? The role of escalatory processes

In: Violence: An International Journal, 0(0), 2022.

doi:10.1177/26330024221130364
- Daniel Brombacher
- Günther Maihold
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath (eds.)
Geopolitics of the Illicit

Linking the Global South and Europe

Nomos, 2022, 411 Seiten, E-Book

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Projects

The German-Iranian Dialogue involves researchers from SWP and the Iranian Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) in Tehran, alongside experts from the fields of politics and administration. The discussion centres on bilateral relations, political developments in the Middle East and questions of regional security.
The German-Israeli Dialogue involves researchers from SWP and the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, alongside participants from the fields of politics and administration. The discussions, conducted jointly with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, centre on bilateral relations, current political developments in the Middle East and questions of regional security.
The project endeavours to allow for an in-depth and profound understanding of current and long-term trends of Israeli society and politics, the Middle East conflict, as well as Israel’s relationships to its neighbouring countries, to Germany and to the EU, as well as other relevant international players.
The Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains is a cooperative project led by four German research institutes. It brings together more than 70 leading international researchers to bundle and analyze existing knowledge within the field of sustainable global supply chains, initiate new research, and derive policy-relevant and evidence-based recommendations for political decision-makers and other stakeholders.

German-Iranian Dialogue

The German-Iranian Dialogue involves researchers from SWP and the Iranian Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) in Tehran, alongside experts from the fields of politics and administration. The discussion centres on bilateral relations, political developments in the Middle East and questions of regional security.
German-Israeli Dialogue

The German-Israeli Dialogue involves researchers from SWP and the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, alongside participants from the fields of politics and administration. The discussions, conducted jointly with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, centre on bilateral relations, current political developments in the Middle East and questions of regional security.
Israel and its regional and global conflicts: Domestic developments, security issues and foreign affairs

The project endeavours to allow for an in-depth and profound understanding of current and long-term trends of Israeli society and politics, the Middle East conflict, as well as Israel’s relationships to its neighbouring countries, to Germany and to the EU, as well as other relevant international players.
Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains

The Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains is a cooperative project led by four German research institutes. It brings together more than 70 leading international researchers to bundle and analyze existing knowledge within the field of sustainable global supply chains, initiate new research, and derive policy-relevant and evidence-based recommendations for political decision-makers and other stakeholders.

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