Berlin Foreign Policy Forum

26–27 November 2018

 List of Participants 

Name Position, Organisation Abadi, Cameron Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy, Washington D.C. Abdelatty, Badr Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Berlin Director-General, Near and Middle East, Africa and Latin America, Ackermann, Philipp Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Adib-Abdul-Wahed, Mustapha Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic, Berlin Al Ahmed, Ali Abdulla Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Berlin Head, High Negotiations Committee of the Syrian Opposition, Al-Hariri, Nasr Istanbul Al-Ketbi, Ebtesam President, Emirates Policy Center (EPC), Abu Dhabi Secretary General, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Al-Sarhan, Saud Studies, Riyadh Managing Director, Middle East Scientific Institute for Security, Al-Sharif, Nasser Bin Nasser Amman; Munich Young Leader Alt, Renata MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Al Thani, Saoud bin Abdulrahman Ambassador of the State of Qatar, Berlin fmr. Minister of Culture and Information; Chairman, Castlereagh Al-Toraifi, Adel Associates UK, Riyadh; Munich Young Leader Annen, Nils MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Director, European Security Programme, Stockholm International Anthony, Ian Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Solna Aslan, Ali TV Presenter; Journalist, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Deputy Head, Ukraine Task Force, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; Aston, Jurij Munich Young Leader Director-General, International Department, Office of the Federal Bagger, Thomas President, Berlin Counsellor of the Republic of Poland, Berlin; Körber Network Bartkiewicz-Godlewska Justyna Foreign Policy Director General, Consular and Security, Foreign and Barton, Philip Commonwealth Office Bay Siow Hon, Laurence Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore, Berlin Vice-President, Global Strategy, Pew Research Center, Washington Bell, James D.C. Benner, Thorsten Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin Bennhold, Katrin Chief, Berlin Bureau, The New York Times, Berlin Bensouda, Fatou Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague

Berger, Deidre Director, Berlin Ramer Institute, American Jewish Committee, Berlin Besch, Sophia Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform, London Beste, Ralf Head, Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin MP; Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Beyer, Peter Office, Berlin bin Bandar bin Sultan bin AbdulAziz Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Berlin Al Saud, Khalid Henry Kissinger Professor; Head, Center for International Security Bindenagel, James and Governance (CISG), University of Bonn, Bonn Böhnke, Olaf Senior Adviser, Rasmussen Global, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Regional Director, Near and Middle East, Federal Foreign Office, Buck, Christian Berlin Cadenbach, Bettina Director, Security Policy, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Partner, The Paternoster Group; Associate Professor, University of Calland, Richard Cape Town, Cape Town Cameron, Fraser Director, EU-Asia Center, Brussels Çeviköz, Ünal MP, Grand National Assembly, Ankara fmr. First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; President, Chalyi, Oleksandr Grant Thornton, Kiev Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Russian Chizhov, Vladimir Federation to the European Union, Brussels Cichowicz, Andreas Chefredaktion Fernsehen, Norddeutscher Rundfunk Cohen, Andrew Director, Communications, Pew Research Center, Washington D.C. Daibes, Khouloud Ambassador of the Palestinian Mission to Germany, Berlin Dalay, Galip Research Director, Al Sharq Forum, Istanbul Deputy Head, The Americas, German Institute for International and von Daniels, Laura Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Senior Adviser, Strategic Planning, European External Action Service De Clerck-Sachsse, Julia (EEAS), Brussels; Munich Young Leader Deertz, Axel Director, Federal Security Council, Federal Chancellery, Berlin Managing Director, The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Dekel, Udi Aviv Non-Resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for Dempsey, Judy International Peace, Berlin Dergham, Raghida Founder; Executive Chairman, Beirut Institute, Beirut De Ruyt, Jean fmr. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels Dittmer, Lothar Chairman of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg Speechwriter, Office of the Minister, Federal Ministry of Defence, Döhrn, Julia Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy; Munich Young Leader Dziegiel, Wojciech Executive Director, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Warsaw Eder, Florian Managing Editor, Expansion, POLITICO Europe, Brussels El Amine, Talal Head, Mission of the League of Arab States, Berlin Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington El-Gamal, Jasmine D.C.; Munich Young Leader Secretary General, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO); Chief Erekat, Saeb Palestinian Negotiator, Ramallah

Deputy Director, Policy Planning, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Escorcia, Alexandre Affairs, Paris Head, Political-Military Unit, Embassy of the United States of Fabrycky, David America, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Fallon, Theresa Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS), Brussels Head, General Issues of Multilateral Cooperation, America and Feldhusen, Anka Middle East, Office of the Federal President, Berlin Fix, Liana Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Franke, Ulrike Esther London Senior Military Assistant to the Minister, Federal Ministry of Freuding, Christian Defence, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Foreign Policy Adviser to Omid Nouripour, MP, German Bundestag, Fuhrhop, Pia Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy; Senior Associate; Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific, Carnegie Gabuev, Alexander Endowment for International Peace, Moscow; Munich Young Leader Gaede, Peter-Matthias Member, Advisory Board, Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg Director-General, Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of von Geyr, Géza Andreas Defence, Berlin Gloger, Katja Editor-at-Large, Stern Magazine, Hamburg Research Fellow, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul; Myong-Hyun, GO Munich Young Leader Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Gottemoeller, Rose (NATO), Brussels Deputy Head, Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; Groth, Sebastian Munich Young Leader Gujer, Eric Editor-in-Chief, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich Gürtler, Tim Co-CEO, Agora Strategy Group, Munich Co-Founder, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Hach, Sascha (ICAN), Berlin von Hammerstein, Elisabeth Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin von Hammerstein, Konstantin Political Reporter, DER SPIEGEL, Berlin Hanefeld, Jens Head, International Affairs, Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg Head of Analysis, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Hansen, Wibke Berlin Hardt, Jürgen MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Hellmann, Gunther Professor of Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Political Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurt am Hemicker, Lorenz Main; Munich Young Leader Vice-Chairwoman, Supervisory Board, Merck Finck Herkes, Anne Ruth Privatbankiers AG, Munich Staff, Germany in the UN Security Council 2019/2020, International Hermann, David Order, the United Nations and Arms Control, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Head of Office, Minister of State Niels Annen, Federal Foreign Herold, Michael Office, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy

Member, Management Board, Stiftung Neue Veranwortung (SNV), Heumann, Stefan Berlin Head, International Cyber Policy Coordination, Federal Foreign von Heynitz, Wolfram Office, Berlin Head, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, CIS; EU External Relations with Hinrichsen, Hans-Peter Eastern Europe, the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Huterer, Manfred Senior Advisor, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Ischinger, Wolfgang Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Berlin Issacharoff, Jeremy Ambassador of the State of Israel Senior Policy Adviser for European Affairs, FDP Parliamentary Jakob, Julian Group, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy; Munich Young Leader Head; Political Adviser, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Jankowski, Dominik Piotr Poland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels; Munich Young Leader Head, Berlin Office, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Janning, Josef Berlin Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Jarábik, Balázs Peace, Budapest Senior Fellow, International Security, German Institute for Kaim, Markus International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin Parliamentary State Secretary, EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Zanda Riga; Munich Young Leader Kamp, Karl-Heinz President, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Berlin Kauffmann, Sylvie Editorial Director; Columnist, Le Monde, Paris Senior Fellow, EU/Europe, German Institute for International and Kempin, Ronja Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin; Munich Young Leader Khalaf, Roula Deputy Editor, Financial Times (FT), London Senior Adviser to the President, Institute for Political and Khatibzadeh, Saeed International Studies (IPIS), Tehran Visiting Academic, Middle East Centre, St. Anthony’s College, Kınıklıoğlu, Suat University of Oxford, Oxford Kinzelbach, Katrin Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin Head, Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security, Institute for Kirchberger, Sarah Security Policy, University of Kiel, Kiel First Secretary, Foreign and Security Policy, Embassy of the United Knox, Madeline Kingdom, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Director, Neighbourhood South, Directorate-General for Köhler, Michael Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission, Brussels Senior Policy Adviser, Corporate Development, Deutsche Kolsdorf, Julie Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Kornelius, Stefan Foreign Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), Munich Professor of Sociology, Marmara University; Senior Fellow, TRT Küçükcan, Talip World Research Center, Istanbul Kühne, Winrich Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Berlin

Head, Representation of the European Commission in Germany, Kühnel, Richard Nikolaus Berlin Lajčák, Miroslav Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovak Republic, Bratislava Graf Lambsdorff, Alexander MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Laanemäe, Mart Ambassador Republic of Estonia Senior Civil Servant, Migration and Refugees, Federal Ministry of the Lange-Bratanova, Elena Interior, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy; Munich Young Leader Lehne, Stefan Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe, Brussels Leicht, Lotte Director, Human Rights Watch, Brussels Lepel, Ina Director-General, Asia and the Pacific, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Leonard, Mark Director, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Berlin von der Leyen, Ursula Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Liik, Kadri London; Munich Young Leader Lindner, Tobias MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Link, Michael Georg MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Senior Adviser, Security and Defence Policy, CDU/CSU Linz, Oliver Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Lizák, Peter Ambassador of the Slovak Republic, Berlin Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Lohne, Martin Norway, Oslo Luik, Jüri Minister of Defence, Republic of Estonia, Tallinn Head, Bilateral Relations with Central, Eastern and Southeastern Lüttenberg, Matthias Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus, Federal Chancellery, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, Maas, Heiko Berlin; Author, THE BERLIN PULSE Chairman, Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society, Macháček, Jan Prague Senior Associate, International Security, German Institute for Major, Claudia International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin Makeiev, Oleksii Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kiev Markovski, Sasho Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia, Berlin Matschie, Christoph MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Correspondent, National Security Desk, The Washington Post, Mekhennet, Souad Washington D.C. Head, Government Relations Germany, Shell Deutschland Oil Menhart, Ursula GmbH, Berlin Desk Officer, Directorate-General for Foreign, Security and Mertens, Mitja Development Policy, Federal Chancellery, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Head; Senior Policy Fellow, Berlin Office, European Council on Möller, Almut Foreign Relations (ECFR), Berlin Deputy Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Mölling, Christian Berlin

Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Cape Verde, Moreira de Sousa, Sofia Praia Fellow, Political Reform Program, New America Foundation, Mounk, Yascha Washington D.C.; Author THE BERLIN PULSE Mousavian, Hossein Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University, Princeton Müller, Nora Executive Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin Head of Office, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, MP, German Bundestag, Müller-Härlin, Bernhard Berlin Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs, Madrid; Munich Young Muñiz Villa, Manuel Leader Munter, Cameron Chief Executive Officer; President, EastWest Institute, New York Nick, Andreas MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Desk Officer, Bilateral Relations with the States of the Middle East, Nippert, Colin Asia and Latin America, Federal Chancellery, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Political Officer, The Shaikh Group, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Notte, Hanna Policy Nouripour, Omid MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Nuttall, Tom Chief, Berlin Bureau, The Economist, Berlin Transatlantic Fellow, Asia Programme, The German Marshall Fund Oertel, Janka of the United States (GMF), Berlin Head, Bilateral and EU Relations with the Middle East, Federal Ohnmacht, Michael Foreign Office, Berlin Ølberg, Petter Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, Berlin Osmani-Sadriu, Vjosa MP, Assembly of Kosovo, Pristina Private Secretary, State Secretary Andreas Michaelis, Federal Osswald, Marius Foreign Office, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Deputy Director, International Law Department, Military Advocate Ostanovsky, Igal General, Israel Defence Forces, Tel Aviv; Munich Young Leader Özhan, Taha Research Director, Ankara Institute, Ankara Palm, Julia Partner, Palm Consulting, Berlin Paulsen, Thomas Member of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg Pavilionis, Žygimantas MP, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius Deputy Head, Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Eastern Partnership, Pernhorst, Christian Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Executive Chairman; Director, German Institute for International Perthes, Volker and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin Pleitgen, Frederik Senior International Correspondent, CNN, Moscow Senior Vice-President, Foreign and Defence Policy Studies, Pletka, Danielle American Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C. Director, Communications and Outreach, International Crisis Group Pope, Hugh (ICG), Brussels Popov, Andrei President, Moldovan Institute of Strategic Initiatives Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Popowski, Maciej and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission, Brussels Potapkins, Sergejs MP, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Riga; Munich Young Leader

Preiherman, Yauheni Head, Minsk Dialogue, Minsk Preusche, Pamela European Correspondent, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Pröhle, Gergely fmr. Ambassador of Hungary, Budapest Head, Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, Puglierin, Jana German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin Chairman, Committee on Information and Media, Council of Pushkov, Aleksey Federation, Federal Assembly of Russia, Moscow Consulting Senior Fellow, Geopolitics and Strategy, International Raine, Sarah Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London Ranko, Annette Head, Jordan Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Amman Senior Adviser, Agora Strategy Group, Munich; Munich Young Ratkovic, Jovan Leader Reimers, Ariane Correspondent, Berlin Studio, ARD Remme, Klaus Correspondent, Deutschlandfunk Editor, International Affairs and Foreign Policy, DIE ZEIT Online, Richter, Steffen Hamburg Head, Transatlantic Relations with the United States and Canada, Riegraf, Susanne G7, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin; Rotmann, Philipp Körber Network Foreign Policy; Munich Young Leader Röttgen, Norbert MP, German Bundestag, Berlin Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Ruge, Boris Germany, Washington D.C. Ryabchyn, Oleksiy MP, Verkhovna Rada, Kiev; Munich Young Leader Sajjadpour, Seyed Mohammad Deputy Foreign Minister; President, Institute for Political and Kazem International Studies (IPIS), Tehran Saleem, Jauhaar Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Berlin Sandberg, Britta Head, Foreign Desk, DER SPIEGEL, Hamburg Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Sasse, Gwendolyn Berlin Deputy Editor in Chief; Head, Opinion Pages, Der Tagesspiegel, Sauerbrey, Anna Berlin Schaefer, Michael Chairman of the Board, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin Scheler, Ronja Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin Deputy Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, International Schüepp, Martin Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva Deputy Head, Parliament and Cabinet, Federal Foreign Office, Schulze Zumkley, Georg Berlin; Munich Young Leader Schwickert, Dominic Executive Director, Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin Sebastian, Tim Presenter Conflict Zone, DW, Berlin Head, EU Common Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of von Seherr-Thoß, Benedikta Defence, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Seif, Joumana Co-Founder, Syrian Women’s Network, Berlin Semaška, Darius Jonas Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania, Berlin Shaikh, Salman Founder; CEO, The Shaikh Group, Limassol

Chancellor, School of Social Sciences; Dean, Department of Zhiqin, SHI International Relations, Tsinghua University, Beijing Chef de Cabinet to the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Shoamanesh, Sam Sasan (ICC), The Hague; Munich Young Leader Sidorenko, Denis Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus, Berlin Regional Director, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Federal Sigmund, Petra Foreign Office, Berlin Deputy Head, Africa, Asia-Pacific, International Development, Office Skiba, Alexander of the Federal President, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy; Munich Young Leader Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Sloat, Amanda Europe, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.; Munich Young Leader Smith, Julianne Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin Sommer, Theo fmr. Editor-in-Chief, DIE ZEIT, Hamburg Director, Relations with EU Member States, Cross-Border and Sorg, Sybille Regional Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Head, Federal Financial Relations, Public and Constitutional Law, Speckmann, Thomas Legal Matters, Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin; Munich Young Leader Deputy Head, Political Section, German Mission to the North Spinner, Maximilian Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels; Munich Young Leader Stanzel, Volker Vice-President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin fmr. Ambassador of the State of Israel; Senior Fellow, Institute for Stein, Shimon National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Stelzenmüller, Constanze Europe, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. Vice-Director, Department for International and Strategic Studies, Xiaohui, SU China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing Summers, Stuart Europe Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London Szelényi, Zsuzsanna Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna CEO, Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient Tabatabai, Adnan (CARPO), Bonn Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Kingdom Tell, Nawaf Wasfi of the Netherlands, The Hague; Munich Young Leader Desk Officer, Bilateral Relations with the States of the Middle East, Thier, Maike Asia and Latin America, Federal Chancellery, Berlin; Körber Network Foreign Policy Thomson, Adam Director, European Leadership Network (ELN), London Thumann, Michael Diplomatic Correspondent, DIE ZEIT, Berlin Deputy Head, European Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Tribolet, Jean-Claude Affairs, Paris Adviser, Foreign Policy and Security, Center for Strategic Research Tsvetov, Anton (CSR), Moscow; Munich Young Leader Head, Office of the Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Berlin; Ullrich, Lisa Marie Körber Network Foreign Policy

Head, Strategic Assessment, Primakov Institute of World Economy Utkin, Sergey and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow Director, Iran Project, International Crisis Group (ICG), Washington Vaez, Ali D.C. Valášek, Tomáš Director, Carnegie Europe, Brussels Van de Voorde, Willem Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Berlin Vishwanath, Ambika Geopolitical Consultant, Mumbai; Munich Young Leader Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, Department of Volker, Kurt State, Washington D.C. Secretary General, Academic Committee, Pangoal Institution; Dong, WANG Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing; Munich Young Leader Founder; President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG), Huiyao, WANG Beijing Ward, Adam Deputy Director, Chatham House, London Webb, Joshua Programme Manager International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin Wehmeier, Klaus Chairman, Advisory Board, Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg Executive Director, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Wieland-Karimi, Almut Berlin Director, Europe Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Wilson, Caroline London Wolny, Tobias Senior Political Adviser, BP Europe SE, Berlin Wood, Lynette Ambassador of Australia, Berlin Wüstner, André Chairman, German Armed Forces Association, Berlin Yagi, Takeshi Ambassador of Japan, Berlin Director-General, Institute for Political and International Studies Zahrani, Mostafa (IPIS); Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tehran Weiwei, ZHANG Director, China Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai