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Staff Profile: Ulrike Guérot

Ulrike Guérot is Representative for Germany and Senior Policy Fellow since 2011. From July 2007 until 2011 she built up the German branch of the ECFR in Berlin as Head of Office. Since 2010 she has been leading the Germany in Europe project and is now particularly active in the Reinvention of Europe programme.

Previously she was Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund (2004-2007), and headed the European Union unit at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin (2000-2003). Ulrike also worked in the US as Assistant Professor on European studies at Johns Hopkins University and Scholar at Deutsches Haus, New York University. Furthermore she was Senior Research Fellow with Jacques Delors at Notre Europe in Paris, and staff member of the German Bundestag's Commission on External Affairs.

She has been publishing extensively on European and transatlantic issues in a variety of journals and newspapers, and is frequently invited to comment on  EU issues in the media. She was also awarded the prestigious “Ordre du Mérite” for her engagement on European integration.

 

Areas of expertise: EU integration process; EU institutions; Franco-German relations; EU-US relations.

Languages: German, English, French.

Contact details: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Office: +49 30 32505100

Twitter: Follow @ulrikeguerot

A high resolution picture is available here.

 

ECFR publications:

The euro debate in Germany: Towards political union?, "Reinventing Europe" national paper, September 2012.

After Merkozy: How France and Germany can make Europe work, with Thomas Klau, ECFR/56, published May 2012.

The long shadow of ordoliberalism: Germany´s approach to the euro crisis, with Sebastian Dullien, ECFR/49, published February 2012.

What does Germany think about Europe?, with Jacqueline Hénard (eds), ECFR/36, published June 2011 (also available in German "Was denkt Deutschland?").

The new German Question: How Europe can get the Germany it needs, with Mark Leonard, ECFR policy brief 30, published April 2011 (also available in German "Die neue deutsche Frage: Welches Deutschland braucht Europa?").

How European is the new Germany?, memo, published November 2010 (October 2010 in German)

Re-wiring the US-EU relationship, with Mark Leonard & Daniel Korski, policy memo, published 8 December 2008. 

 

Other recent publications include:

 

Es lebe die europäische Republik, with Robert Menasse in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, published March 24, 2013.

Manifest für die Begründung einer europäischen Demokratie, with Robert Menasse, Die Presse, published March 24, 2013. 

Constructive debate for Europe, DE Magazin Deutschland, 1/2013, pp.20-21.

Budget européen: pourquoui le Parlament doit voter non, with Guillaume Klossa, Le Figaro, published February 14, 2013.

Zwischen Haushalts- und Legitimationsdefizit: Zur Zukunft der europäischen Demokratie, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 6-7/2013, published February 5, 2013, pp. 3-10.

Britain´s European catharsis, openDemocracy, 30.01.2013.

Noces d´or franco-allemandes, Politique étrangère 4/2012, pp. 755-766.

Altbausanierung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 9.12.2012, p. 41.

Why English is it, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 05.12.2012.

Why Poland is the new France for Germany, with Konstanty Gebert, open democracy, 17.10.2012.

Europa fehlt ein Gründungsmythos, GDI Impuls, 3/ 2012, pp. 80-87.

Towards Europia? Germany and the euro crisis, open democracy, 13.09.2012.

Dopo Merkozy: la via per un´Europa efficiente, with Thomas Klau, Aspenia, Nr. 57, 2012, pp. 52-62.

The long shadow of ordoliberalism, with Sebastian Dullien, IP global, July 17 2012 (short version of ECFR/49).

Kann Deutschland Modell für Europa sein?, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 25.06.2012.

Germans are now thinking the unthinkable on European integration, comment is free, the guardian, 19.06.2012.

Europa braucht Großzügigkeit, nicht Härte, Deutschlandradio Kultur, 11.06.2012.

Der Wert Europas und seine Grenzen: die EU als außenpolitische Gestaltungsmacht mit Defiziten, integration, 35th edition, May 2012, pp. 116-122.

Je t´aime moi non plus: la faglia del Reno non è più la stessa, limes - Rivista Ialiana Di Geopolitica, 3/2012, pp. 173-180.

La UE necesita un eje franco-alemán renovado, with Thomas Klau, Política Exterior, May/June 2012, pp. 56-65.

Vom Klein-Klein kann es gar nicht genug geben, Das Parlament, Nr. 16/17, April 16, 2012, p. 6.

The Pirate party rises as German politics is all at sea, You told us, the guardian, April 11, 2012.

Eine deutsche Versuchung: östliche Horizonte?, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 10/2012, published March 5, 2012, pp. 9-16.

Why Berlin is fixed on a German solution to the eurozone crisis with Sebastian Dullien, the guardian, March 2,2012.

German Foreign Policy: The Temptation of Going Alone, World Politics Review, Feb 7 2012.

Eurobonds - was sie sind und warum sie gut sein könnten, Europa Kontrovers -  Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 12/2011.

Ora Berlino riscopre l´euronucleo federale, limes - Rivista Ialiana Di Geopolitica, 6/2011, pp. 123-128.

Il Problema Di Berlino Con l´Europa, limes - Rivista Italiana Di Geopolitica, 4/2011, pp. 29-38.

Germany: the beleaguered European island, openDemocracy, September 9th 2011.

Cât de implicată mai e Germania în mersul UE, Foreign Policy Romania, September 7th 2011 (print: July August issue, Nr. 23).

Das neue Europa: Euro-Bonds und Euro-Parlament, Euractiv.de, September 6th 2011.

Gefangen in Kafkas Schloss? Deutschland und die Suche nach Europa, dbb europathemen, September 2011, pp. 17-19.

Welches Deutschland braucht Europa?, EUD konkret, 1/2011, published July 2011.

Vom eigenen Garten zur weltweiten Ressourcenverteilung, with Roland Tichy, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 28-30/2011, pp. 15-20.

Kraftlose Union, Der Freitag, June 10th, p. 2.

Welches Deutschland braucht Europa?, Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 6/2011, pp. 93-102.

Übernahme in Verantwortung, Der Freitag, May 19th 2011, p. 7.

European Security in NATO´s Strategy, in : Riccardo  Alcaro & Erik Jones (eds): European Security and the Future of Transatlanctic Relations, April 2011, pp. 55-60.

Europa, nur eine Illusion?, Der Freitag, March 24th 2011, p. 15.

Europas Aschenputtel, Der Freitag, March 3rd 2011, p.2.

Ist Deutschland noch europäisch?, Berliner Republik, vol. 1/2011, pp. 44-47.

La Germania e l´Europa: un rapporto incrinato?, Italianieuropei, 2/2011, pp. 149-154.

Eine Stütze für den Euro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 21st 2010, p.2.

Editorial, east - europe and asia strategies, Feb 2010, pp. 4-9.

Europas verpasste Sternstunde, Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik,  1/2010, pp. 6-9.

Historische Staffelübergabe in Europa, Internationale Politik, Jan/Feb 2010, pp. 104-107.

After Lisbon, IP Global Edition, Jan/Feb 2010, pp. 40-44.

Auf Deutschland kommt es an, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 29th 2009, p. 10.

Exit Prague, Enter Stockholm - The EU Presidency is too big for small nations, June 29th 2009, SPIEGEL ONLINE international.  

Zu große Verantwortung für die Kleinen, Internationale Politik, June 2009, pp. 68-71.

The German Republic Turns Sixty: Second Spring or Time for the Old People´s Home?, AICGS Transatlantic Perspectives, May 2009.

Europa wie es sinkt und lacht, Internationale Politik, March 2009, pp. 52-59.

Napoleons Nachfolger, Internationale Politik, January 2009, pp. 104-105.

The "state of the art" of the EU, the French presidency and a forecast of future Franco-German cooperation, Romanian Journal of European Affairs (Vol. 8, No. 4), December 2008, pp. 27-34.

Interview on NPR, All Things Considered on transaltantic relations in the wake of the US elections, 11 November 2008.

Does Georgia spell the end of the EU´s soft language?, European Voice, 28 August 2008.

So nah und doch so fern - Nach dem irischen Nein zum europäischen Reformvertrag: Muss die Europäische Union wirklich bürgernäher werden?, Handelsblatt, 1 July 2008.

Getting the Franco-German engine back into gear. Europe´s World, Summer 2008, #9, pp. 99-102.

Perché la Politica europea di vicinato presenta così tante difficoltà?, Italianieuropei 3/2008, pp. 48-57.

Ruppige Gallier: Deutschland und Frankreich streiten sich wieder über Europa. wie schön! Das wird auch der EU gut bekommen. Internationale Politik (IP), No. 6/63, June 2008, pp. 84-91.

Kilka mysli w kwestii Europy i powstawania nowych panstw,  ZNAK monthly (Poland), May 2008, pp. 70-76.

Où en est l´Allemangne, l´essentiel des relations internationales, April-May 2008, pp. 72-75.

Die bessere Weltmacht - Die Europäische Union braucht endlich eine gemeinsame Außenpolitik, fordert der European Council on Foreign Relations. Kulturaustausch No. 1/08, p. 79

Deutschland und Europa: neue Musik oder alte Töne? Notre Europe Studien und Forschungarbeiten No. 55, December 2007.

Werkelei am Gebälk. Nicolas Sarkozy soll neuen Schwung in die europäische Verfassungsdebatte bringen. Doch die Gefahr ist groß, dass Europa sich dabei zurück- statt voranbewegen wird. Financial Times Deutschland, 10 May 2007.

Germany and Europe: A New Tone or Politics as Usual? A Projection of the German EU Presidency. Romanian Journal of Foreign Affairs (Vol. 7, No. 1), April 2007.

Niemcy, Francja I Europa: nowa jako´s´c czy polityka, jaka juz znamy? (policy paper on the Franco-German tandem), Polski Przeglad Dyplomatyczny (Polish Diplomatic Review), No. 1 (35), pp. 19-28, February 2007.

Alors viens, Marianne! Policy paper on the German EU-Presidency and the Franco German relations, Internationale Politik (IP) No. 1/62, January 2007.

Towards a renewed Transatlantic Community; IDEA 6, European Policy Centre, February 2005.

Europas neue Geostrategie (Ulrike Guérot & Andrea Witt), Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (B17/2004).