Timo Behr

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Researcher

timo.behrupi-fiia.fi
Telephone +358 206 111 722

Areas of Expertise

EU Mediterranean and Middle East Policy

French and German Foreign and Security Policies

Development of CFSP and ESDP

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC (International Relations)

M.A. Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC (International Relations & International Economics)

B.A. University of London, Goldsmiths College (Political Science with Economics)

Professional Experience

Researcher, Notre Europe, Paris, 2009

Consultant, World Bank Group, Washington DC, 2009

Researcher, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin, 2008-2009

Assistant Professor, International Relations, University of Bologna 2007

Lecturer, European Studies, Johns Hopkins University 2005-2006

Positions of Trust

Research Associate Notre Europe

Liaison Officer Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission

Publications

Policy Papers & Monographs

'Germany and the EU's External Policies', in Renaud Dehousse & Elvire Fabry (eds), Where is Germany Heading?, Notre Europe: Studies & Research 79, July 2010

'The EU's Middle East Failure', in Toby Archer, Timo Behr & Tuulia Nieminen (eds), Why the EU fails: Learning from past experiences to succeed better next time

Why the EU fails: Learning from past experiences to succeed better next time, with Toby Archer & Tuulia Nieminen (eds), UPI Report 23, June 2010

What Future for the Union for the Mediterranean?, UPI Comment 1/2010, June 2010

Regional Integration in the Mediterranean: Moving out of the Deadlock?, Notre Europe: Studies & Research 77, May 2010

Rewriting the Ground Rules of European Diplomacy, UPI Briefing Paper 57, with Aaretti Siitonen & Johanna Nykänen, March 2010

Germany after the elections: a liberal dawn?, UPI Briefing Paper 44, November 2009

Afghanistan's hard summer: The impact on European troop contributing nations, UPI Briefing Paper 43, September 2009 (contributing writer) 

Towards a global carbon market? Potential and limits of carbon market integration, with Jan Martin Witte, GPPi: Policy Paper Series 5, 2009

The 2008 Oil Price Shock: Competing Explanation and Policy Implications, GPPi: Policy Paper Series 1, 2009

EU Enlargement and Armaments: Defence Industries and Markets of the Visegrad Countries, with Albane Siwiecki, European Institute for Security Studies, Occasional Paper 54, September 2004

US Attitudes towards Europe – A Shift of Paradigms?, Notre Europe: Research and European Issues 29, November 2003

Academic Articles & Book Chapters

'Dans l’ombre d’Obama? Le rôle de l’Europe au Moyen-Orient', in Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales, Volume XI, Bruylant: Paris, 2010, p. 569-587

‘Enduring Differences? France, Germany and Europe’s Middle East Dilemma’, in Erik Jones & Saskia van Genugten, eds., The Future of European Foreign Policy, Routledge: London, 2009

‘Enduring Differences? France, Germany and Europe’s Middle East Dilemma’, Journal of European Integration, Vol. 30, No. 1, March 2008, p. 79-96

Journalistic Articles

‘Saksan peili vääristää’, Ulkopolitiikka/Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs 2/2010

'EU:n ulkoasiainhallinnolta odotetaan suuria', Helsingin Sanomat, 6 February 2010

'Saksa kansainvälistyy mutta samalla myös nurkkakuntaistuu', Helsingin Sanomat, 9 November 2009

'Saksan vaaleissa ei ole käyty kunnon poliittista keskustelua', Helsingin Sanomat, 21 September 2009

‘Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union plans should worry Brussels’, with Ruth Hanau-Santini, EU Observer Comment, 12 November 2007

Languages

English, German, French, Italian