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Languages: English, German
Areas of Expertise: European integration, EU reform, European Foreign and Security Policy, EU enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Europe in the World, Global Governance, German Foreign and Security Policy, Transatlantic Relations, Europe/Asia.
Josef Janning joined the European Council on Foreign Relations in April 2014 as Senior Policy Fellow in the Berlin Office. 2013/2014 he was a Mercator Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to that he served as Director of Studies at the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels. Between 2001 and 2010 Josef has lead the international policy work as Senior Director of the Bertelsmann Foundation, a major private German foundation. Earlier positions in his career include Deputy Director of the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP) at Munich University from 1995-2007. Previously, he has held teaching positions at the University of Mainz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and as Guest Professor at Renmin University of Beijing. He has worked with leading think tanks in Europe, the US and Asia, and engaged in and lead various international study groups, high-level groups and commissions on European affairs, global governance, transformation to democracy, security and defence policy and transatlantic relations.
Josef has published widely on European Affairs, International Relations, EU foreign and security policy, German foreign and European policy as well as global affairs. On these issues he also is a frequent commentator with German and international media.
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by Josef Janning - 22nd September, 2016
The roadmap agreed at Bratislava bears the hallmarks of Angela Merkel's pragmatic approach to consensus-building.
by Josef Janning (editor) - 20th September, 2016
This volume reflects the diversity of European cohesion. It provides the national context and personal assessments from 28 EU member states.
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by Josef Janning - 15th September, 2016
Bratislava should be modest in rhetoric and look to develop coalitions for security and growth initiatives.
by Josef Janning - 09th September, 2016
Europe needs to deliver on its strengths rather than on some people’s dreams. And it must stick to its principles in its negotiations with London while also delivering a new deal with the UK that will be palatable to European business interests.
26th July, 2016
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, research assistant and expert on security and drones, Josef Janning, co-head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Volker Stanzel, senior advisor to the Asia & China programme, about the four recent violent attacks in Southern Germany. The speakers agree that the mood in Germany is much calmer than that portrayed by foreign media. The podcast was recorded on the 25 June 2016.
Bookshelf:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Der Schimmelreiter by Theodor Storm
Ohne Liebe geht es auch by Rudolf Lorenzen
Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
Heretics by Leonardo Padura
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon by Karl Marx
by Josef Janning & Almut Möller - 13th July, 2016
Berlin does not want to dominate Europe, but to exercise leadership via EU institutions - something that will be essential in a post-Brexit world.
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by Josef Janning - 06th July, 2016
When it comes to the building of Europe, Britain is out. In fact, London had checked out years ago, but there is no denying it any longer.
by Josef Janning (editor) - 20th September, 2016
This volume reflects the diversity of European cohesion. It provides the national context and personal assessments from 28 EU member states.
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by Josef Janning, Almut Möller - 13th July, 2016
Berlin does not want to dominate Europe, but to exercise leadership via EU institutions - something that will be essential in a post-Brexit world.
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by Josef Janning - 11th May, 2016
A new study from ECFR shows that, perhaps surprisingly, between 2007 and 2014, cohesion among EU member states has improved, even after years of crises.
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by Susi Dennison , Josef Janning - 28th April, 2016
The EU should broaden the scope of what is expected of member states on burden sharing on refugee crisis
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by Sebastian Dullien, Adriana Garcia, Josef Janning - 02nd February, 2015
Given public opposition, the EU should make a fresh start in winning support for TTIP.
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Josef Janning - 22 September 2016
The roadmap agreed at Bratislava bears the hallmarks of Angela Merkel's pragmatic approach to consensus-building.
Josef Janning - 15 September 2016
Bratislava should be modest in rhetoric and look to develop coalitions for security and growth initiatives.
Josef Janning - 09 September 2016
Europe needs to deliver on its strengths rather than on some people’s dreams. And it must stick to its principles in its negotiations with London while also delivering a new deal with the UK that will be palatable to European business interests.
Josef Janning - 06 July 2016
When it comes to the building of Europe, Britain is out. In fact, London had checked out years ago, but there is no denying it any longer.
Josef Janning - 16 June 2016
The experts surveyed by ECFR see the Netherlands as the most influential of the affluent smaller member states. Over 50 percent of the respondents rank the Netherlands as the most influential of the seven, and more than 75 percent rank it either first or second.
Josef Janning - 03 June 2016
At a time when Germany and the EU are depending on Turkey’s help to solve the refugee crisis, the German political class clearly feels the need to demonstrate that this does not give Turkey a free hand when it comes to democracy and human rights issues.
Josef Janning - 02 June 2016
In light of its demographic and economic weight and in view of its location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa, Spain seems to be underrated in the current line-up of the large EU member states.
Josef Janning - 19 May 2016
Poland appears to be firmly anchored among the six large member states of the EU, seen as more important than Spain.
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, research assistant and expert on security and drones, Josef Janning, co-head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Volker Stanzel, senior advisor to the Asia & China programme, about the four recent violent attacks in Southern Germany. The speakers agree that the mood in Germany is much calmer than that portrayed by foreign media. The podcast was recorded on the 25 June 2016.
Bookshelf:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Der Schimmelreiter by Theodor Storm
Ohne Liebe geht es auch by Rudolf Lorenzen
Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
Heretics by Leonardo Padura
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon by Karl Marx
Listen onlineECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Susi Dennison, ECFR's director of the European Power programme, Josef Janning, Co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Warsaw, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Research Director, about populism and European foreign policy. The podcast was recorded on the 15 June 2016.
Bookshelf:
Never let me go by Kazuko Ishiguro
The age of catastrophe – A history of the West 1914-1945 by Heinrich August Winkler
Warum Europa eine Republk werden muss! Eine politische Utopie by Ulrike Guérot
This blessed plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo Young
American Political Decay or Renewal? by Francis Fukuyama
Listen onlineECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament and ECFR council member, and with Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin Office, about the results of the three state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt, and what this means for the future of Germany and its role in the EU.
Articles:
The German problem by Mark Leonard
Listen onlineECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR senior policy fellows Susi Dennison, Josef Janning and Vessela Tcherneva about the possible implications of the refugee crisis and whether it will tear the European Union apart.
Bookshelf:
Divided Poland faces foreign policy crossroads by Piotr Buras
Ten home truths on Europe's refugee crisis by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs and Nick Witney
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Listen online DownloadECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to experts Susi Dennison and Josef Janning about the results of ECFR's Britain in Europe Renegotiation Scorecard - an exclusive survey of opinion in ten of the most critical EU member states to find how close Cameron is to securing agreement to a reform package that he can put to the British people.
You can download the survey on our dedicated page: www.ecfr.eu/europeanpower/britain
Listen online DownloadECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR's CEO Dick Oosting, experts Susi Dennison and Josef Janning, about how the different EU countries deal with the crisis, Germany's role and how other countries might respond.
Bookshelf:
Geopolitics and democracy in the Middle East by Kristina Kausch
Picture: Flickr/EC/ECHO
Listen online DownloadECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament, ECFR’s senior policy fellow Sebastian Dullien and Josef Janning, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at ECFR, about Germany’s leadership role and recent criticism on their decisions.
Bookshelf:
Germany, Russia, and the rise of geo-economics by Stephen F. Szabo
Sudden Justice – America’s Secret Drone Wars by Chris Woods
The Paradox of German Power by Hans Kundnani
Inequality – What can be done? By Anthony B. Atkinson
Soumission by Michel Houllebecq
Listen online DownloadECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR's Rome office, Josef Janning, senior policy fellow from ECFR's Berlin office, and Piotr Buras, head of ECFR's Warsaw office, about what the results will mean for Britain's membership of the EU and the development of the EU going forward.
Bookshelf:
Hard Choices by Hilary Clinton
Asaltar los Cielos by Jose Ignacio Torreblanca
How to save EU free movement by Open Europe
ECFR publications on the topic:
The British problem and what it means for Europe by Mark Leonard
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Josef Janning quoted in the Norwegian Morgenbladet on the consequences of Brexit for the EU.
Josef Janning on militant Islam and its effect on the European and American public.
Josef Janning on the lows for the left parties in Germany - and especially the Left.
Josef Janning to the great urgency in Germand politics towards the EU.
Josef Janning on the impact of the refugee crisis on German politcal parties.
Email: josef.janning@ecfr.eu