Research Fellow for European Security
Expertise: EU Security and Defence Policy; NATO, defence reform, strategic culture
Background: Dr Bastian Giegerich is carrying out a research project on future European security trends supported by the European Commission. He joined the IISS on a post-doctoral fellowship (2005-2006) on European defence issues funded by Compagnia di San Paolo, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Volkswagen Foundation and has since conducted work supported by EADS, the European Defence Agency, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, and Northrop Grumman Corporation. He is also contributing to The Military Balance and the Strategic Survey. A graduate of the University of Potsdam (Germany), he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland (USA), a Research Associate at the National Defense University in Washington DC and a Project Manager at the Aspen Institute Berlin. Dr Giegerich obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics, where he also taught in the Department for International Relations.
Recent publications include: European Military Crisis Management: Connecting Ambition and Reality (2008, IISS Adelphi Paper 397, Routledge); European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations (co-authored with Alexander Nicoll, 2008, IISS, London); Navigating Differences: Transatlantic Negotiations over Galileo, in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs 20(3), 2007; European Capabilities and the Operational Context, in: Studia Diplomatica LX(3), 2007; European Security and Strategic Culture (2006 with Nomos, Baden-Baden, Germany); Squaring the Circle? Leadership and Legitimacy in European Defence Cooperation, in: International Politics 43(4), 2006, co-authored with Eva M. Gross; Towards a Strategic Partnership? The USA and Russia Respond to the European Security and Defence Policy, in: Security Dialogue 37(3), 2006, 385-407, co-authored with Adam Mount and Darya Pushkina; What ‘War on Terror’ are we talking about? A Response to Alistair Shepherd, in: International Politics 43(1), 2006, 93-104, co-authored with Felix S. Berenskoetter; Die ESVP und Auslandseinsätze europäischer Streitkräfte, in: Thomas Jäger, Kai Oppermann und Alexander Höse (Eds.): Die Transatlantischen Beziehungen, 2005, 101-120; Not Such a Soft Power: The External Deployments of European Forces, in: Survival 46(2), Summer 2004, 163-182, co-authored with William Wallace (Lord Wallace of Saltaire).
Joined IISS: September 2005
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