International Conference:  

German Foreign Policy in the 1990s and Beyond

at the Conference Center Bruehl, 14-17 July, 2004.
Funded by the Volkswagenstiftung and the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung;

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  Background Papers for the Conference:

The conference papers will be published in early 2005 in an edited volume (Palgrave).
A selection of a few draft versions and abstracts will be published on this website shortly after the conference.

Session One: The Changing Domestic and European Context of Foreign Policy Making
Chaired by Josef Janning; Commentators: Julie Smith and Matthias Dembinski

  • August Pradetto (University of the Armed Forces, Hamburg):
    To be announced
  • Alister Miskimmon (Royal Holloway University of London):
    The Europeanization of German Foreign Policy

Session Two: Germany in Europe
Chaired by Helga Haftendorn; Commentators: Joachim Schild and Jörg Monar

  • Sebastian Harnisch / Siegfried Schieder (University of Trier):
    Germany's New European Policy
  • Marco Overhaus (University of Trier):
    German Policy in NATO and ESDP
  • Hans Stark (Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris):
    To be announced

Session Three: Germany and the Transatlantic Relationship
Chaired by Charles B. Heck; Commentators: John van Oudenaren and Joachim Krause

  • Peter Rudolf (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin):
    German Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations
  • Steven F. Szabo (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore):
    The German-American Relationship after Iraq

Session Four: Security and Stability:
Chaired by Maxime Lefebvre; Commentators: Karl-Heinz Kamp and Vladimir Handl.

  • Günther Jötze (Ambassador):.
    Pan-European Stability - Still a Key Task?
  • Harald Müller (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt):
    To be announced
  • Martin Wagener (University of Trier):
    Normalization in Security Policy? German Foreign Military Deployments

Session Five: Growth and Development I
Chaired by Stefan Schirm; Commentators: Bernhard Speyer and Harald Fuhr

  • Andreas Falke (University Erlangen-Nürnberg):
    German Trade Policy
  • Reinhard Wolf (University of Greifswald):
    Germany and the International Financial Order

Session Six: Growth and Development II
Chaired by Rainer Tezlaff; Commentators: Stefan Mair and Ulf Engel

  • Friedemann Müller (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin):
    German Energy Security Policy
  • Peter Molt (University of Trier):
    German Development Aid Policy Since 1998

Session Seven: Germany as a Global Player?
Chaired by Christopher Daase; Commentators: Carlo Masala and Manfred Knapp

  • Jörn-Carsten Gottwald (University of Trier):
    The Schröder Administration's Policy towards Asia Pacific
  • Martin Beck (German Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg):
    German Foreign Policy towards the Middle East
  • Klaus Dicke (University of Jena):
    To be announced
  • Detlef Sprinz (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research):
    Germany's International Environmental Policy

Concluding Session: Wither Germany? Assessing German Foreign Policy

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