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Hans
Nom de l'expert
STARK

Intitulé du poste
Domaine d'expertises En

Research Areas:

  • Contemporary Germany: Domestic and foreign policy
  • French-German relations: Questions of security, European construction
  • European integration: History of European Integration, Common Foreign and Security Policy
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Biographie En

Hans Stark graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (SciencesPo) in 1987, majoring in International Relations and achieving a Diplôme d’études approfondies (DEA) in Soviet and Eastern European Studies in 1990. He holds a PhD in political sciences from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2001) that focused on German European politics. In 2011 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Lille 3 in German Studies.

Since 1991 Hans Stark has been Secretary General of the Study Committee on French-German Relations (Cerfa) at the French Institute for International Relations (ifri) where his main interests are German foreign politics and German European politics. At the same time he teaches at University, first as lecturer at Sciences-Po (since 2002), then as Senior lecturer at the University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (2005-2012). In 2012 he was appointed Professor of Contemporary German Civilisation at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

He is part of the editorial board of the periodicals Politique étrangère and Allemagne d’aujourd’hui and member of the research laboratory SIRICE of the Sorbonne and of the advisory committee at the Genshagen Foundation.

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AfD’s Foreign Policy Between Disengagement in the West and Partnership in the East

Date de publication
21 March 2024
Accroche

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was formed in 2013 in the context of the currency crisis as an “alternative” to the Merkel government’s policy of rescuing the euro. Since then, the party’s platforms for the European elections in 2014, 2019 and 2024 have become increasingly radical. 

The Cumbersome Legacy of the SPD’s Policy Towards Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Date de publication
30 March 2023
Accroche

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) looks back with pride on the history of its Ostpolitik, which it sees as having paved the way for German reunification. With the firm will to continue this Ostpolitik after the end of the Cold War, SPD politicians of the last 20 years have, within the framework of their government responsibility, focused on a partnership with Russia, which had the goal of contributing to the democratization of Russia through bilateral trade and mutual interdependence.

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German Defense Policy: A Historic Turning Point?

Date de publication
13 September 2022
Accroche

The war in Ukraine has been a rude awakening for Berlin. 

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The Paradigm Shift in German Security and Defence Policy After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Date de publication
14 March 2022
Accroche

The German government has long hesitated to take a position on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. It has refused to question the planned commissioning of Nord Stream 2 and to supply Ukraine with weapons.

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What foreign policy for Germany after the end of the Merkel era?

Date de publication
10 December 2021
Accroche

One cannot help but wonder about Germany’s future foreign policy when one considers both the weight of the Federal Republic and the many crises we face internationally.

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German Foreign Policy: Caught Between Multilateralism and Germany First

Date de publication
07 September 2021
Accroche

Underneath the rhetoric of commitment to a multilateral order, Germany's policy seems to be mainly structured around its national interests. 

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The German Presidency of the EU Council 2020. What Role for Paris and Berlin?

Date de publication
21 June 2021
Accroche

The German EU presidency in the second half of 2020 was Angela Merkel’s last presidency, shortly before her chancellorship ends in 2021. It was therefore expected that the Chancellor would use all her experience and influence to achieve positive results.

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Germany and the Economic and Monetary Union. Between the Search for Deeper European Integration and the Assertion of National Interests

Date de publication
28 September 2020
Accroche

Germany joined the creation of Economic and Monetary Union only with great hesitation and has tried to dictate the spirit and rules of operation of the Union.

The Aachen Treaty: The Promise of Convergence for a Divided Couple

Date de publication
10 December 2019
Accroche

The numerous commitments made in the Aachen Treaty concealed a wide range of disagreements over defense, the future of the European Union, economic policies, relations with Russia, and so on.

Germany: The Power Out of Phase

Date de publication
21 November 2019
Accroche

Germany has enjoyed a decade of sustained economic growth, benefiting from a very low unemployment rate and considerable trade and budgetary surpluses. This phase is now coming to an end. Some even believe that the German economic model needs to be rethought. 

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