DGAP, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.

National Network
Germany
Address

Rauchstr. 17/18
10787 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 (0)30 25 42 31-0
Fax
+49 (0)30 25 42 31-16
E-Mail
info@dgap.org
E-Mail (2)
fakoussa@dgap.org
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1997
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
General information, including: 1. Structure of the organisation, Fellow and an Assistant. It is supervised by the Director of the including number of staff employed Research Institute. and/or partners It is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation and supported by various 2. Budgetary resources available other institutions and enterprises. in a year The Forum’s main objectives are achieved by the organisation of three 3. Sources of funding great international events per year: a Summer School, a New Faces 4. Modalities of action (concrete Conference and an Expert Conference for the DGAP’s international network of experts and partner institutes. The network is actively projects, exchanges, seminars, supported by various Alumni activities. The New Faces Conferences are organised in cooperation with the scholarships etc.) 5. Main partners involved: Swedish Institute for International Affairs and the Norwegian Institute
Mission and Objectives

Traditional security risks are nowadays supplemented by new nonmilitary and cross-border challenges such as securing resources, global migration and integration, global epidemics etc. The “International Forum on Strategic Thinking” offers a platform for promoting discussions and dialogue on these issues, not only from a European perspective, but enhances the debate with perspectives from important global actors and regions, such as Russia, the US, the Middle East and Asia. In addition to the promotion of debate and dialogue on relevant security challenges of the 21st century, the Forum’s main objective of is the creation of an international network among tomorrow’s decision-makers.

Main Projects / Activities

Summer Schools in Berlin are two week-long programs for 20 graduate and postgraduate students (aged 20 -27) from Europe as well as from the US, Russia, the Middle East, Japan and China· New Faces Conferences with 20 emerging research fellows and young strategic experts (aged 28 -35), coming from European countries as well as from the US, Russia and Asia· Expert Conferences on new challenges of international security with high-ranking participants from European countries, the US, Russia, the Middle East, China and Japan· Alumni work with database and big Alumni Conference in November 2005 (further reunion activities envisaged)

Contact (1) Full Name
Dina Fakoussa-Behrens (Head, EUMEF)
Head of the organisation
Dr. Harald Kindermann