I’ve recently taken up writing longer posts on Medium and Substack, mainly to think through some issues that are not ready or not suitable for an academic paper and to provide easy to understand explainers mostly of current events in US and German politics and foreign policy. I will post in German or English. My …
New Medium Post on the January 6th Indictment of Donald Trump Read More »
I am happy to announce that I have just published a new (German-language) book chapter on the Bundeswehr and German society. The chapter is part of the new volume Deutsche Verteidigungspolitik. Nationale Sicherheit nach der Zeitenwende (German Defense Policy: National Security after the Zeitenwende), edited by Malte Riemann and Georg Löfflmann, that was just published …
Book Chapter on the Bundeswehr and German society published Read More »
My new article “If You’re Not Scared, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention: Trump, the Radicalization of the GOP, and the Future of US Democracy after the Midterms 2022” (in German) has just been published in the Austrian Journal of Political Science. The article discusses the future of US democracy after the 2022 midterm elections. Donald …
Article on Trump/Trumpism and the Future of Democracy Published Open Access Read More »
I’m delighted to share that Süddeutsche Zeitung has included my book The Politics of Military Force: Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse among its “Books of the Year” 2022. The book examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once …
I am happy to share that my paper “If You’re Not Scared, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention: Trump, the Radicalization of the GOP, and the Future of US Democracy” (in German) has been accepted by the Austrian Journal of Political Science (ÖZP) for publication. The article discusses the future of US democracy after the end …
Paper on Trumpism and the Future of US Democracy Accepted for Publication Read More »
Beginning in September 2022, the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) will fund my project on “Gender in German Peace and Security Policy” for 2,5 years. Gender constructions – understood as socially/discursively produced conceptions of masculinity and femininity – play an important role in foreign policy and international politics. Social constructions of subjects (e.g., political …
The newest issue of “Unizeit,” Kiel University’s research magazine, features a detailed (German-language) article on our new project on “Knowledge Production in German Peace and Security Policy”, a collaboration with the University of Bremen and the University of Erfurt. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The article is …
Article in Kiel University’s Research Magazine on Project KNOWPRO Read More »
Listen to the new Duck of Minerva “Duckcalls” podcast, in wich Dr. Georg Löfflmann (University of Warwick) and I talk Ukraine war, Zeitenwende in German security policy, German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s communication style and the moral rot among German intellectuals, among other things, with host Jarrod Hayes (UMass, Lowell). https://duckofminerva.podbean.com/e/duck-events-podcast-zeitenwende-german-foreign-policy-after-ukraine/
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has announced that it will fund the collaborative project “Knowledge Production in German Peace and Security Policy (KNOWPRO)” as part of its funding initiative to strengthen peace and conflict research, with ca. 1.5 million EUR. Focussing on Afghanistan and Somalia as case studies, the project examines …
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I am happy to announce that my article on the German Bundeswehr’s activities on social media (“Soziale Medien und die Legitimitätspolitik der Bundeswehr”) has been published in the Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen. The article discusses the social media activities of the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces, which so far have received only limited attention in …