Dr. Steffen Hagemann

Visiting Lecturer

Field: Political Science 
Topics & Interests: politics, German-Israeli relations and US foreign policy in the Middle East

other functions: Head of Office of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation Tel Aviv – Israel 

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Dr. Steffen Hagemann joined the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation Tel Aviv – Israel as Head of Office in December 2018. Prior to joining the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation Steffen worked as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern. He received his Diploma and his PhD from the Free University Berlin, where he specialized in Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations. He has spent time at the University Tel Aviv and as a visiting fellow at the Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society. The Middle East, and especially Israel, have been the focus of his work over many years.

“German and European Foreign Policy”

The course is an introduction to the (theoretical and historical) analysis of and debates about
German and European foreign policy. Domestic, international and cultural forces that have
shaped German foreign policy will be investigated. Based on empirical case studies such as Bosnia
and Kosovo (1992-1999), the Iraq war (2002/2003), the Libya intervention (2011) and the Ukraine
crisis (2014) the course will evaluate the much-debated question as to whether contemporary
German foreign policy after unification is marked by continuity or change and how unification
has altered the Federal Republic’s position in the international arena.