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CURRICULUM VITAE

Douglas Webber

Professor of Political Science INSEAD Boulevard de Constance 77305 Cedex

Tel +33 (0)1 6072 4858 (office); +33 (0)6 07 71 34 73 (mobile) Fax +33 (0)1 6074 5508 E-mail: douglas.webber@.edu

Academic qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Government, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom (1985).

Master of Arts in West European Politics, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom (1978).

Master of Arts in Political Science (upper second-class honours), , , (1976).

Bachelor of Arts (Political Science major), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (1975).

Professional experience

Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Centre, , (since March 2011)

Visiting Professor of Political Science, Berkeley, USA (January-May 2010).

Professor of Political Science, INSEAD, Campus, Fontainebleau, France (since 2005).

Professor of Political Science, INSEAD, Campus, (2002- 2005).

Associate Professor of Political Science, INSEAD, Asian campus, Singapore (1999-2002).

Associate Professor of Political Science, INSEAD (1994-1999).

Assistant Professor of International Business, INSEAD (1991 to 1994).

Research fellow on projects on the politics of the German health system and German doctors' associations at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany (1987-1990).

Research fellow on project on government-industry relations in the telecommunications and consumer electronics industries in the Federal 2

Republic of Germany, France and Britain at the School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom (1985-1987).

Research fellow on project on government policies for the promotion of new information and communication technologies in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Britain and Sweden, Department of Politics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (1983-1984).

Research assistant and translator for the Institute of Social Research, University of Frankfurt, based at the Centre for European Governmental Studies, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1983).

Lecturer in Government, Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom (1978-1980).

Trainee, Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium (1978).

Tutor in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (1976).

Academic honours, fellowships, grants and awards

Nomination for Best Book Prize of EUSA (European Union Studies Association, US) for European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, 2019-2020.

Nomination for Best Book Prize of UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) for European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, 2019.

Book of the week award from EUSA (European Studies Association, US) for European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, 11 March 2019.

Robert Schuman Fellow/Distinguished Scholar, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, (September- October 2016-17, September 2017 and March 2018).

International Visiting Fellow, Monash European and EU Centre, Monash University, , Australia (September-December 2009, March 2011 and September 2013).

Visiting Fellow, Australian , Canberra, Australia (February-March 2011).

Winner of European Case Clearing House (ecch) European Case Award, , Politics and Business Enviroment category, for case Manulife in , 2008.

Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (1995-1997).

Recipient of the third prize, German social sciences essay competition sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundatio for article, "Krankheit, Geld und Politik", published in Leviathan (1988).

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Recipient of grant from the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society for study of West German employers' and trade associations, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany (1982).

Guest scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service, University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany (1980-1982).

Guest scholar of the Swedish Institute, Swedish Institute for Social Research, University of Stockholm, Sweden (1981).

Guest scholar of the German Research Foundation and British Social Science Research Council in the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin (1980).

Research interests

Theories of European integration and the politics of the European Union; Franco-German relations; German politics, public policy and foreign policy; Regional political integration in East Asia and Asia Pacific; Comparative regional political integration; Comparative politics, political economy and public policy.

Publications

A. Research publications

1. Books

European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union (London: Macmillan/Red Globe Press, 2019).

Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe: Convergence or Divergence? (Editor with Bertrand Fort) (London: Routledge, 2006).

New Europe, New Germany, Old Foreign Policy? German Foreign Policy Since Unification (also special issue of the journal, German Politics) (editor) (London: Frank Cass, 2001).

The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union (editor) (London: Routledge, 1999).

Reformversuche und Reformblockaden im deutschen Gesundheitswesen (Reform Bids and Reform Blockades in the German Health System) (joint author with Bernd Rosewitz) (Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 1990).

Hostile Brothers: Competition and Closure in the European Electronics Industry (joint author with Alan Cawson, Peter Holmes, Kevin Morgan and Anne Stevens) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990).

2. Edited special journal issue

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New Europe, New Germany, Old Foreign Policy? German Foreign Policy Since Unification, special issue of the journal, German Politics 10:1 (April 2001).

3. Refereed journal articles

“Trends in European Political (Dis)integration: An analysis of postfunctionalist and other explanations”, in Journal of European Public Policy 26:7 (2019), pp. 1134-1152.

“Declining Power Europe: The evolution of the European Union’s World Power in the Early 21st Century”, European Review of International Studies 3:1 (2016), pp. 31-52.

“How likely is it that the European Union will disintegrate? A critical analysis of competing theoretical perspectives’, European Journal of International Relations 20:2 (June 2014), pp. 341-365.

“The regional integration that didn’t happen: Cooperation without integration in early 21st century East Asia”, The Pacific Review 23:3 (July 2010), pp. 313-334.

“A consolidated patrimonial democracy? Democratization in post-Suharto Indonesia’, Democratization (13:3, June 2006), pp. 396-420.

“Banana splits: Policy process, particularistic interests, political capture and money in trans-Atlantic trade politics” (with Olivier Cadot), in: Business and Politics 4:1 (April 2002), pp. 5-39.

“Two funerals and a wedding? The ups and downs of regionalism in East Asia and Asia Pacific after the Asian crisis”, The Pacific Review 14:3 (August 2001), pp. 339-372.

• The above article has been reprinted in:

Finn Laursen (ed.), Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives (Aldershot, UK and Burlington, USA: Ashgate, 2003), pp.125-157; and Peter Drysdale and Takashi Terada (eds), Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005); and Fred H. Lawson (ed.), Comparative Regionalism. Library of Essays in International Relations (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2009).

‘Introduction: German Foreign Policy Before and After Unification’, in: German Politics (special issue: ‘New Europe, New Germany, Old Foreign Policy? German Foreign Policy Since Unification’) 10:1 (April 2001), pp. 1- 18.

“Franco-German Bilateralism and Agricultural Politics in the European Union: The Neglected Level”, in: West European Politics 22:1 ( January 1999), pp. 45-67.

“High Midnight in Brussels: An analysis of the September 1993 Council meeting on the GATT Uruguay Round”, in: Journal of European Public Policy 5:4 (December 1998), pp. 578-594.

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• The above article was republished in: Wyn P. Grant and John T.S. Keeler (eds), International Library of Comparative Public Policy: Agricultural Policy Volume I. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2000.

"The Decline and Resurgence of the 'German Model': The Treuhandanstalt and Privatization Politics in East Germany", in: Journal of European Public Policy 1:2 (Summer 1994), pp. 151-175.

• The above article was republished in: Klaus H. Goetz (ed.), International Library of Politics and Comparative Government: Germany Volume II. Aldershot/Brookfield USA: Dartmouth/Ashgate, 1997, pp. 385-410.

"The German Solidarity Pact: A case study of the politics of the unified Germany" (joint author with Razeen Sally), in: German Politics 3:1 (April 1994), pp. 18-46.

• The above article was republished in: Klaus H. Goetz (ed.), International Library of Politics and Comparative Government: Germany Volume II. Aldershot/Brookfield USA: Dartmouth/Ashgate, 1997, pp. 427-457.

"Kohl's Wendepolitik After a Decade", in: German Politics 1:2 (August 1992), pp. 149-180.

"Zur Geschichte der Gesundheitsreformen in Deutschland - II. Teil: Norbert Blüms Gesundheitsreform und die Lobby" ("On the history of health insurance reforms in Germany - Part II: Norbert Blüm's health insurance reform and the lobby"), in: Leviathan 17:2 (July 1989), pp. 262-300.

"Krankheit, Geld und Politik: Zur Geschichte der Gesundheitsreformen in Deutschland" ("Sickness, Money and Politics: On the history of health insurance reforms in Germany"), in: Leviathan 16:2 (July 1988), pp. 156-203.

"Eine Wende in der deutschen Arbeitsmarktpolitik? Sozialliberale und christlich-liberale Antworten auf die Beschäftigungskrise" ("A radical change in German labour market policy? Social-Liberal and Christian- Liberal responses to the Employment Crisis"), in: Leviathan special issue no. 8 (1987): H. Abromeit and B. Blanke (eds.), Arbeitsmarkt, Arbeitsbeziehungen und Politik in den 80er Jahren (Labour market, labour relations and politics in the 1980s) (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1987), pp. 74-85.

"Die ausbleibende Wende bei der Deutschen Bundespost: Zur Regulierung des Telekommunikationswesens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" ("No radical policy change at the German Bundespost: On the regulation of the telecommunications system in the Federal Republic of Germany"), in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift (journal of the German Political Science Association) 27:4 (December 1986), pp. 397-414.

"Divergent paths: Political strategies for telecommunications in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany" (joint author with Kevin Morgan), in: West European Politics 9:4 (special issue, October 1986), pp. 56-79 and Kenneth Dyson and Peter Humphreys (eds), The Politics of the Communications Revolution in Western Europe (London: Frank Cass, 1987), pp. 56-79.

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• The above article was republished in: Wyn Grant (ed.), The International Library of Comparative Public Policy: Industrial Policy (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1994).

"Information technology and economic recovery in Western Europe: The role of the British, French and West German governments" (joint author with Martin Rhodes, J.J. Richardson and Jeremy Moon), in: Policy Sciences 19 (1986), pp. 319-346.

"Linking Policy Areas: IT , training and youth unemployment in the UK and West Germany (joint author with Jeremy Moon and J.J. Richardson), in: Policy and Politics 14:2 (1986), pp. 161-187.

"A Relationship of 'Critical Partnership'? Capital and the Social-Liberal Coalition in West Germany", in: West European Politics 6:2 (special issue, April 1983), pp. 61-86 and David Marsh (ed.), Capital and Politics in Western Europe (London: Frank Cass, 1983), pp. 61-86.

"Combatting and Acquiescing in Unemployment? Economic Crisis in Sweden and West Germany", in: West European Politics 6:1 (January 1983), pp. 23-43.

4. Other journal articles

"Zwischen programmatischem Anspruch und politischer Praxis: Die Entwicklung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1974 bis 1982" ("Between programmatic claim and political practice: The development of labour market policy in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982"), in: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (journal of the research institute of the German federal unemployment insurance agency), 15:3 (October 1982), pp. 261-275.

5. Book chapters

‘Can the EU survive?’ In: Desmond Dinan, Neill Nugent and William Paterson (eds), The European Union in Crisis (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), pp. 336-359.

‘Coping with environmental legislation’ (with Atalay Atasu and Luk van Wassenhove), in: Atalay Atasu (ed.), Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains (Switzerland: Springer, 2016), pp. 179-197.

‘Regionalism and EU-Asian Relations: Patterns, Trends and Determinants’, in: Thomas Christiansen, Emil Kirchner and Philomena Murray (eds), Handbook of EU-Asia Relations (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp. 93-107.

‘The context of EU-ASEAN relations: Trials and tribulations of regionalism in post-Cold War Europe and Asia’, in: Daniel Novotny, Clara Portela and Pascaline Winand (eds), EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: Towards a ‘Strategic Partnership’? (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 7-25.

‘Trade and security: Political (non-?) integration in East Asia’, in: Heribert Dieter (ed.), The Evolution of Regionalism in Asia (London: Routledge, 2007), pp. 145-159. 7

‘A Consolidated Patrimonial Democracy? Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia’. In: Frederic Volpi and Francisco Cavatorta (eds), Democratization in the Muslim World: Changing Patterns of Power and Authority (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 34-58.

Introduction (pp. 1-13) and ‘Regional Integration in Europe and Asia: a historical perspective’ (pp. 289-311), in Bertrand Fort and Douglas Webber (eds), Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe (London: Routledge, 2005).

Introduction (pp. 1-19), conclusion (pp. 167-181) and chapter ‘Agricultural Policy: The Hard Core’ (pp. 111-129) in: Douglas Webber (ed.), The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union. London: Routledge, 1999.

“The Second Coming of the Bonn Republic", in: Lowell Turner (ed.), Negotiating the New Germany: Can Social Partnership Survive? (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1997), pp. 227-253.

"Die kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen zwischen Mitgliederinteressen und dem Gemeinwohl" ("The health insurance doctors' associations between members' interests and the public good"), in: Renate Mayntz (ed.), Verbände zwischen Mitgliederinteressen und Gemeinwohl (Interest organisations between members' interests and the public good). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 1992, pp. 211-272.

"The Politics of Regulatory Change in the German Health Sector", in: Kenneth Dyson (ed.), The Politics of German Regulation (Aldershot, Brookfield USA: Dartmouth, 1992), pp. 209-234.

"Das Reformpaket: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der christlich-liberalen 'Wende'" ("The reform package. Programme and practice of the Christian Liberal 'change of direction'"), in: Werner Süß (ed.), Die Bundesrepublik in den achtziger Jahren. Innenpolitik - politische Kultur - Außenpolitik (The Federal Republic in the 1980s. Domestic politics - political culture - foreign policy). Opladen: Leske and Budrich, 1991, pp. 153-170.

"Health policy and the Christian-Liberal Coalition in West Germany: The conflicts over the health insurance reform, 1987-8”, in: Christa Altenstetter and Stuart C. Haywood (eds.), Comparative Health Policy and the New Right: From Rhetoric to Reality (Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1991), pp. 49-90.

"Governments, markets and regulation in the West European consumer electronics industry" (joint author with Alan Cawson and Geoffrey Shepherd), in: Leigh Hancher and Michael Moran (eds.), Capitalism, Culture and Economic Regulation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989), pp. 109- 134.

"West Germany: The re-emergent opposition?" (Joint author with William E. Paterson), in: Eva Kolinsky (ed.), Opposition in Western Europe (London and Sydney: Croom Helm, 1987), pp. 137-168.

"Social Democracy and the Re-emergence of Mass Unemployment in Western Europe", in: William E. Paterson and Alastair H. Thomas (eds), The Future of Social Democracy (Oxford: , 1986), pp. 19- 58.

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"Interconnections between the Labour Party, trade unions and new social movements in Britain", in: Jürgen W. Falter, Christian Fenner and Michael Th. Greven (eds), Politische Willensbildung und Interessenvermittlung (Policy Formation and Interest Intermediation) (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1984), pp. 409-427.

"Employment Policy in West Germany" (joint author with Gabriele Naß), in: J.J. Richardson and Roger Henning (eds), Unemployment: Policy Responses of Western Democracies (London/Beverly Hills: Sage, 1984), pp. 167-192.

"Trade Unions and the Labour Party: The Death of Working-Class Politics in New Zealand", in: Stephen Levine (ed.), Politics in New Zealand (Australia: George Allen and Unwin, 1978), pp. 182-195.

6. Working papers

‘Declining Power Europe? The Evolution of the European Union’s World Power in the Early 21st Century’ (Monash Europe and European Centre working paper series, 2014/1), 31pp.

‘The Politics of Differentiated Integration in the European Union: Origins, Decision-Making and Outcomes’ (Monash Europe and European Union Centre working paper series, 2012/1), 32pp.

“How Likely Is It That The European Union Will Disintegrate? A Critical Analysis of Competing Theoretical Perspectives’ (ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Paper Series, 2:3, October 2011), 21pp.

“A Consolidated Patrimonial Democracy? Democratization in post-Suharto Indonesia’ (INSEAD Euro-Asia and Comparative Research Centre Working Paper Series 2005/45/EPS/EACrc), 38pp.

“Banana Splits and Slipping Over Banana Skins” (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, RSC No. 2001/03), 44pp.

“The Hard Core: The Franco-German Relationship and Agricultural Crisis Politics in the European Union” (Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, RSC No. 98/46), 84pp.

“The Second Coming of the Bonn Republic”, Discussion Papers in German Studies (IGS95/1), Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, September 1995, 25pp.

"Government-Industry Relations in the European Consumer Electronics Industry: Contrasting responses to competitive pressures in Britain, France and West Germany" (joint author with Alan Cawson and Geoffrey Shepherd), University of Sussex working paper series on government- industry relations, no. 4, 1986, 29 pp.

"The Politics of Telecommunications Deregulation in the Federal Republic of Germany", University of Sussex working paper series on government- industry relations, no. 2, 1986, 29 pp.

"The Framework of Government-Industry Relations and Industrial Policy- Making in the Federal Republic of Germany", University of Sussex working paper series on government-industry relations, no. 1, 1986, 50 pp. 9

"State promotion of information technology in France, Britain and West Germany" (joint author with J.J. Richardson and Jeremy Moon), Strathclyde Papers in Government and Politics, no. 33, 1984, 66 pp.

B. Teaching publications

1. Books

European Case Book on Trade and Industrial Policy (co-editor with Olivier Cadot, H. Landis Gabel and Jonathan Story). Hempel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Europe, 1996).

2. INSEAD teaching cases and related publications

The European Union in Crisis: Resilient or Rotten? (case, 2016, revised 2017 and 2019).

East Asia United and Peaceful? (case, 2000, revised 2013).

Making and Managing the Euro: France and Germany in the Birth and Life of Europe’s Single Currency (case, 2010).

The v. Microsoft (case, 2010).

Dubai Ports World in the USA (case, 2009 and teaching note)

Reforming Germany’s Health Insurance System (case, 2007).

The German Policy Making Process (background note to case, Reforming Germany’s Health Insurance System, 2007).

The Conflict over the the French ‘First-Job Contract’ (case, 2007).

Labour and Services Market Liberalisation in the European Union: Part A – the Vaxholm Labour Dispute in Sweden and Part B – The Bolkestein Directive (case, 2007)

Lobbying in Brussels: The EU directive on the Patentability of Computer- Implemented Inventions (cases A, B and C, 2006).

Strong Industry, Safe and Healthy Environment? Making Chemicals Safety Policy in the EU (case, 2006).

International Action against Climate Change: Can Europe Lead? (case, 2006)

The European Union – The Silent Superpower? (Background note to the case ‘International Action against Climate Change: Can Europe Lead? 2006).

Post-Suharto Indonesia: Democratization against the odds? (case, 2002)

Islam in Southeast Asian Politics (case, 2002).

Manulife in Indonesia (cases A & B, 2002).

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Politics, legal systems and corruption in Indonesia: A historical overview (background note to Manulife in Indonesia, 2002).

One Korea? (case, 2001)

Storm Clouds Over Taiwan (cases A & B, 2000).

East Asia United? (Full and condensed versions, 2000).

Re-organizing and Privatizing German State Enterprises (cases A & B & teaching note, 1997).

Banana Split in Europe (joint author with Olivier Cadot, cases A & B, 1996).

The German Solidarity Pact II: The government and organised interests in post-unification Germany (case, 1994).

The Organisation of Economic Interests in Germany (background note to The German Solidarity Pact II, 1994).

The German Solidarity Pact I: Federalism in post-unification Germany (case, 1994).

German Federalism (background note to The German Solidarity Pact I, 1994).

A French Insurance Firm and the ‘Fortress Germany’: The case of AGF and AMB (case & teaching note, 1994).

Company Law and Obstacles to Hostile Takeovers in Germany (appendix to A French Insurance Firm and the ‘Fortress Germany’, 1994).

Negotiating with the Treuhandanstalt: Solvay and the Bernburg soda ash plant (cases A & B, 1994).

Alcatel, France Télécom and the French Government (case & teaching note, 1993); republished in: Cadot, Gabel, Story and Webber (eds), European Casebook on Trade and Industrial Policy, op. cit.

The Basle Chemicals Firms and Environmental Politics in Switzerland (case & teaching note, 1993).

Research in progress

‘The Perils of Choice: Structure and Agency in the EU’s Crisis Management Policies, 2010-2020’, in: Richard Ned Lebow and Ludvig Norman (eds), The Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders (chapter in edited volume in preparation for submission to Cambridge University Press).

‘The EU and the Coronavirus Crisis’, in: Neill Nugent, William E. Paterson and Mark Rhinard (eds), The European Union in Crisis (2nd edition) (chapter in edited volume in preparation for submission to Macmillan/Red Globe Press).

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‘Failing to save democracy: The Social Democratic Party in Weimar Germany’ in: Richard Ned Lebow and Ludvig Norman (eds), Why Weimar? (chapter in preparation for prospective edited volume).

‘The politics of labour market reform in France and Germany: A comparative analysis of the conflicts over the “Agenda 2010” in Germany and the “first-job contract” in France (paper in preparation for submission to a peer-reviewed journal on comparative West European politics);

‘”What about the workers?” How labour (un)friendly is the European Union?’ (Paper in preparation for submission to a peer-reviewed journal on EU politics);

Conference and seminar papers

‘European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union’, presentation at book-launch conference, Germany and European (Dis?)integration, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, 1 February 2019, Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh, 8 March 2019, and CERI (Centre de Recherches Internationales), , , 13 March 2019.

‘Trends in European Political (Dis)integration: Postfunctionalist and Other Explanations’, paper presented at a conference, ‘Re-engaging Grand Theory: European Integration in the 21st Century’, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, 31 May-1 June 2018.

‘European Disintegration? The Politics of the EU’s Crises’, seminar given at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, 20 October 2016.

‘The Brexit crisis: How the UK came to vote to leave the European Union’. Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Poznan, Poland, 24-27 July 2016.

‘Less Brussels, more Berlin? German European Policy before and during the Euro zone crisis’, paper presented at the annual conference of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Bilbao, Spain, 7-9 September 2015.

‘The European Union in Crisis: How likely is it that Germany will remain “pro-European”’? Paper presented at the International Conference of Europeanists, Paris, 8-10 July 2015.

‘The European Union in Crisis: How likely is it that Germany will remain “pro-European”’? Paper presented at the annual conference of the New Zealand Political Science Association, , 1-3 December 2014.

‘Will Germany stay “pro-European”?’ Paper presented at a conference, ‘In Search of European Political Union’, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 19-21 June 2014.

‘How Powerful is the EU in the Asia-Pacific Region’, paper presented at the annual conference of the European Studies Association Asia Pacific, RMIT, Melbourne, 1-2 May 2014.

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‘Declining Power Europe? The Evolution of the European Union’s World Power in the Early 21st Century’, paper presented at a seminar at the Research on ‘The Transformative Power of Europe’, Free University of Berlin, 14 April 2014.

‘Shrinking Power Europe? The evolution of the EU’s world role and power, 2003-2013’, annual conference of the Australian Political Science Association, , Perth 30 September to 2 October 2013.

‘Shrinking Power Europe? The evolution of the EU’s world role and power, 2003-2013’, conference of the Australian and New Zealand European centres, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-11 September 2013.

‘What Has Brussels Ever Done For Us? To What Extent is Regional Integration a Panacea?’ Conference of the Institute for International Integration Studies and the , Trinity College, Dublin, 12 July 2013.

‘How likely is that the EU will disintegrate? A critical analysis of competing theoretical perspectives’, Lisboan conference, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 9 July 2013.

‘The Politics of Differentiated Integration in the European Union: The Role of the Franco-German Relationship’, International Studies Association conference, , USA, 3-6 April 2013.

‘”What about the workers?” How labour (un-)friendly is the European Union?’, annual conference of the New Zealand EU Centres Network, , Palmerston North, New Zealand, 13 December 2012.

‘How likely is it that the EU will disintegrate? A critical analysis of competing theoretical perspectives’, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 29 February 2012.

‘The Politics of Differentiated Integration in the European Union: Origins, Decision-making and Outcomes’, British-German International Studies Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 19 December 2011.

‘Regionalism and EU-Asian relations: Patterns, Trends and Determinants’, International Conference on EU-Asian Relations in the Global Context, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, 8 September 2011.

‘How likely is it that the Europe will disintegrate?’, Monash European and EU Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 18 March 2011.

‘Is the European Court of Justice Hostile to Labour?’ Centre for European Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 14 February 2011.

‘Evolving regional institutional architectures in Asia and Europe’, ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Public Conference on Europe-Asia Interregional Relations, European Commission, Brussels, 12-13 July 2010.

‘Successful and Genuine Failures: France and Germany in the History of “Multi-Speed” European Political Integration’, paper presented at seminar of the Institute of European Studies, University of California Berkeley, 7 April 2010.

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‘EU-ASEAN: Regionalism in Europe and Asia after the Cold War’, paper presented to a joint conference of the Monash European and EU Centre and the Monash Asia Institute, ‘EU-ASEAN relations in the 21st century: Towards a Strategic Partnership?’ Monash University, Melbourne, 27 November 2009.

‘The Dynamics of Post-Cold War European Integration: France and Germany and the practice of multi-speed integration in the EU’, keynote lecture delivered at a conference of the Contemporary European Research Centre, ‘The Europe that was, is, and will be’, University of Melbourne, 9 November 2009.

‘Soft-core East Asia: Differentiated Cooperation in an Amorphous Region’, paper presented at the School of Political, International and Strategic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 23 October 2009.

‘Multi-speed Political Integration in Europe: Failures, Successes and Future Perspectives’, paper presented at seminar, Monash European and EU Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, 19 October 2009.

‘Between Bonapartism and le grand soir: The conflict over the ‘first-job contract’ and other attempts to reform the French labour market’, paper presented in a workshop on The Political Economy of Labour Market Reforms in Advanced Capitalist Democracies, 37th joint sessions of the European Consortium of Political Research, , Portugal, 14-19 April 2009.

‘Successful and genuine failures: France, Germany and the others in the history of “multi-speed” European political integration’, paper presented at seminar of the Political Economy Group, CERI/Sciences-Po, Paris, 6 April 2009.

‘Policy priorities and achievements of the French presidency’, presentation made to a seminar on ‘The French Presidency: A Transforming Moment for the European Union?’ organized by CERI/Sciences-Po and the University of Cologne, Paris, 5-6 February 2009.

‘Successful and genuine failures: France, Germany and the others in the history of “multi-speed” European political integration’, paper presented at the Fourth Pan-European Conference of the Standing Group of the European Union of the European Consortium of Political Research, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 25-27 September 2008.

‘Soft-core East Asia: Differentiated Cooperation in an Amorphous Region’, paper presented at the conference, ‘Still the Asian Century?’ University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 10-12 September 2008.

‘The Franco-German tandem within the enlarged European Union’, presentation made at an international workshop, ‘The Role of the Franco- German tandem in Re-launching the EU’, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, 3-4 April 2008.

‘Soft-core Asia: Differentiated Cooperation in an Amorphous Region’, paper presented to an international conference, ‘EU-Asian Relations: A Critical Review’, University of Melbourne, Australia, 27-28 March 2008.

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‘Comments on the proposal for an East Asian Charter’, presentation made at an International Symposium of the Comparative Regionalism Project, Institute of Social Science, , Japan, 20-21 July 2007.

‘Soft-core Asia: Strategic Rivalry and Economic Cooperation in an Amorphous Region’, presented at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27 February 2007.

‘Regionalism in Europe and Asia after the Cold War’, paper presented at the conference ‘Rethinking European Integration and East Asian Cooperation’ organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China, 12-14 November 2006.

‘Business Interests and Asian Regional Integration’, paper presented at the session ‘Asian Government-Business Relations’ in the Research Committee Politics and Business, International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, 9-13 July 2006.

‘Trade and security: Political (non-?) integration in East Asia’, paper presented at the conference ‘Regionalisation and the Taming of Globalisation’, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, , Coventry, United Kingdom, 26-28 October 2005.

‘A Consolidated Patrimonial Democracy? Democratization in post-Suharto Indonesia’, paper presented at the joint sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), University of Granada, Spain, 14- 18 April 2005.

‘Regional Integration in Europe and Asia: A European and historical perspective’, paper presented at the INSEAD-ASEF conference, ‘Regional Integration in Europe and Asia: Pasts, Presents and Futures’, INSEAD, Asia Campus, Singapore, 7-8 July 2003.

‘Patrimonialism, “crony” capitalism, corruption and crisis: The trials and tribulations of a foreign investor and capitalist “non-convergence” in Indonesia’, paper presented at the panel, ‘Business and Development’, World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Durban, South Africa, 29 June – 4 July 2003.

“Multilateralism: European perspectives”, presentation to a seminar, ‘Resurrecting Multilateralism’, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 27 June 2003.

“Globalization, regional crisis and regional integration: The rise and future of ASEAN Plus Three in East Asia”, presented at the panel, ‘Do Regional Integration Processes Matter?’, conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics (SASE), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 27 to 30 June 2002.

“The rising dragon and the fading samurai: Sino-Japanese competition in regional integration processes in East Asia”, presented at the panel, ‘Cooperative Hegemony: The Franco-German Axis in Comparative Perspective’, conference of the International Studies Associations of Scandinavia, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, Moscow, 20 to 22 June 2002.

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“Banana splits: The European and Transatlantic Politics of Bananas”, New Zealand European Studies Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 31 May – 1 June 2002.

“Two Funerals and a Wedding? The Ups and Downs of Regionalism in East Asia and Asia-Pacific after the Asian Crisis”, conference of the Danish ECSA (European Community Studies Association) on comparative regional integration, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 25-26 May 2001.

“Two Funerals and a Wedding? The Ups and Downs of Regionalism in East Asia and Asia-Pacific after the Asian Crisis”, conference of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA), INSEAD Asian Campus, Singapore, 23 November 2000.

“Successes and Failures of East Asian Regionalism in Comparative Perspective”, joint conference of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia and the Contemporary Europe Research Centre on ‘Europe, Australia, Asia: Regional, Political and Cultural Challenges’, University of Melbourne, Australia, 27 October 2000.

“Banana Splits: The European and Trans-Atlantic Politics of Bananas”, conference of the European Studies Association of New Zealand and the New Zealand Political Studies Association, Victory University of Wellington, New Zealand, 3 December 1999.

“The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union”, conference on ‘France, Germany and Britain – Partners in a Changing World’, University of Bradford, Bradford, 21 May 1999.

“The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union: A Cross-Sectoral Analysis”, conference on ‘The Franco-German Relationship in a Changing Europe’, Germany Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland, 28 January 1999.

“The Weight of History: Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective” (written jointly with Ania van der Meer), conference on ‘EU Challenges: Baltic dimensions’, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 23 January 1999.

“Post-Unification Germany: The Old Bonn or a New Berlin Republic?” European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 3 December 1998.

“Banana Wars: The European and International Politics of the Banana Trade”, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 2 December 1998.

“The Hard Core: The Franco-German Relationship and Agricultural Crisis Politics in the European Union”, research conference of UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies), University of Lincoln, Lincoln, 10 September 1998.

“The Hard Core: The Franco-German Relationship and Agricultural Crisis Politics in the European Union”, Working Group on European Integration, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany, 21 April 1998. 16

“The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union: A cross-sectoral analysis”, International Relations Seminar, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 18 March 1998.

“Politische Hindernisse bei der wirtschaftlichen Modernisierung Deutschlands? Eine vergleichende Analyse des Privatisierungsprozesses der Deutschen Telekom, der Deutschen Bahn und der Lufthansa” (“Political obstacles to Economic Modernization in Germany”), Third Management Forum of the INSEAD Centre Leipzig and the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany, 20 November 1997.

“France, Germany and Agricultural Crisis Politics in the European Union”, paper presented at joint Robert Schuman Centre & INSEAD conference on the Franco-German Relationship in the European Union, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 6 February 1997.

“France, Germany and the Uruguay Round: The European Politics of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation”, paper presented at the European Community Studies Association of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21 April 1996.

"The Impact of Reunification on German Politics", paper presented at seminars at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, and Social Studies Faculty, Oxford University, Oxford, 14 and 16 February 1995.

"The Second Coming of the Bonn Republic", paper presented to a conference, "Political Economy of the New Germany", Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, 14-15 October 1994.

"Berlin bleibt doch Bonn: Kontinuität und Wandel in der Politik des wiedervereinigten Deutschlands" (“Berlin will still be Bonn: Continuity and Change in the Politics of Reunified Germany”), guest lecture in series, Europe and Switzerland, organised by the Institute of Political Science, University of Berne and the Personnel Department of the Swiss Federal Government, Berne, Switzerland, May 1994.

"The German Solidarity Pact", guest lecture, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany, December 1993.

"Privatization Politics in a Post-Communist Economy: Policies and Politics of the German Treuhandanstalt", conference on privatization and socio- economic policy in Central and Eastern Europe organised by Boston College and the Krakow Academy of Economics, Krakow, Poland, October 1993.

"The German Solidarity Pact: Change or Continuity in post-unification German politics?", guest seminar to the working group on politics and the enterprise, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, September 1993.

"The collaborative capacity of nations", contribution to panel at the 13th annual international conference of the Society, Chicago, USA, September 1993.

"The Politics of Privatization and Industrial Restructuring in East Germany: The Treuhandanstalt", guest seminar to the Department of Government, University of Manchester, Manchester, April 1993.

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"Technologie allein macht kein Europa: Daimler-Benz und die Neuordnung der deutschen und der europäischen Luftfahrtindustrie" ("Technology alone will not integrate Europe: Daimler-Benz and the reorganization of the German and European aerospace industry"). Politics and Technology Working Group, congress of the German Political Science Association, Hanover, Germany, October 1991.

"All Quiet on the West German Front? Why radical changes in public policy occur more rarely in the Federal Republic of Germany than in other major democratic states, but are more evident in some policy areas than others", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Bochum, Germany, April 1990.

"The emasculation of the Christian-Liberal health insurance reform in the Federal Republic of Germany", conference of the International Political Science Association, Washington DC, USA, August-September 1988.

"Steering the health sector in Switzerland, West Germany and Italy: (with Brigitte Schenkluhn), European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Bologna, Italy, April 1988 and conference of the British Social Policy Association, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, July 1988.

"The politics of German health system reform: Successful and Failed Attempts at Reform from 1930 to 1984", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, April 1988.

"The assault on the 'Fortress on the Rhine': The politics of telecommunications deregulation in the Federal Republic of Germany", conference of the Council of European Studies, Washington DC, USA, October-November 1987.

"The politics of telecommunications deregulation in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany", German Politics group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, October 1987.

"Government-industry relations in the European consumer electronics industry: Contrasting responses to competitive pressures in Britain, France and West Germany" (with Alan Cawson and Geoffrey Shepherd), conference of the British Political Science Association, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, April 1986.

"Arbeitsmarktpolitik vor und nach der Wende" ("Labour market policy before and afte the change of government"), conference of the political economy group of the German Political Science Association, West Berlin, Germany, June 1985.

"The politics of the 'new industrial revolution' in the Federal Republic of Germany", conference of the Association for the Study of German Politics, University of Surrey, Guildford, April 1985.

"Information technology, employment and economic recovery: The role of the British, French and West German governments" (with J.J. Richardson and Jeremy Moon), conference of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, University of Aston, Birmingham, September 1984.

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"State promotion of information technology in France, Britain and West Germany", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, April 1984.

"The SPD and the economic crisis in West Germany", seminar at the Centre for European Governmental Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, November 1983.

"Interconnections between the Labour Party, trade unions and the 'new social movements' in Great Britain", conference of the German Political Science Association, , Mannheim, Germany, October 1983.

"Social Democracy and the re-emergence of mass unemployment in Western Europe", conference of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies on Social Democratic parties in the European Community, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, September 1982.

"The 'Great Leap Backwards': The development of labour market policy in West Germany from October 1980 to December 1981", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, March-April 1982.

"Labour market policy during the economic crisis in West Germany", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, March-April 1981.

"Social Democratic parties and the reform of vocational training and retraining policies in Britain, Sweden and West Germany", Social Science Research Council Group on Unemployment and Employment Policy, London, June 1980.

"The West German Social Democratic Party and the Chancellor who 'towers above his party'", conference on the 1980 West German federal elections, German Historical Institute, London, May 1980.

"Social Democracy as the midwife of change: The birth of 'active' labour market policies in Britain, Sweden and West Germany", European Consortium of Political Research joint sessions, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, April 1979.

Teaching

‘Business and Society: The Political Environment’ (INSEAD MBA core course, 2018- ).

‘Business in the World 2050’ (MBA elective course, INSEAD, 2015- ).

‘Capitalism: Historical, Comparative and Critical Perspectives’ (MBA elective course, INSEAD, 2011- ).

‘Europe and the European Union’ (MBA elective course, INSEAD, 1997-99 and 2006- ).

‘International Political Analysis’ (MBA core course in comparative and international political economy, INSEAD, 1992-2013). 19

‘European Integration and World Politics’ (graduate seminar co-taught with Professor Nicholas Ziegler, University of California Berkeley, spring semester, 2010).

‘Transnational Governance, Business and Society’ (MBA elective course, INSEAD, 2003-05).

‘Political Economy of German-Speaking Europe’ (MBA elective course, INSEAD, 1991-1995).

‘Eastern Europe’ (co-taught MBA elective course, INSEAD, 1993-1995).

‘Political Science’ (PhD elective course with emphasis on comparative business-government relations, INSEAD, 1992, 1995 and 1997).

Individual sessions in open and company-specific executive development programmes on government-business relations, lobbying, global political trends, the European Union and East Asia, INSEAD, 1991- .

‘Comparative West European Politics’ (Undergraduate course, University of Essex, 1978-1980).

Language skills

English (mother tongue); German (fluent); French (fluent); Italian (basic).

External activities and institutional service

Co-convenor of panel, ‘Crisis, Crises, Exhaustion and Disintegration’, at the alumni conference, Jean Monnet Fellowship Programme@25, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, 22-23 June 2017.

Author of numerous commentaries and columns on contemporary political issues for INSEAD Knowledge, Harvard Business Review, European Business Review, The Conversation (French edition), The Global Investor (Germany), Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Business Times (Singapore) and New Straits Times ().

Member of the editorial board of the journals, Business and Politics, Critique Internationale (CERI/Sciences-Po, Paris) (2011-2014) and Journal of European Public Policy (1995-99).

Referee for the journals, Journal of European Integration, Journal of Common Market Studies, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, The Pacific Review, Journal of European Public Policy, Government and Opposition, Democratization, Globalizations, China Quarterly, Asian Perspectives, Perspectives: The Central European Review of International Affairs and Issues and Studies, and German Politics.

Book reviewer for the journals West European Politics, Pacific Affairs and Issues and Studies.

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Television and radio commentator for France 24, BBC World, CNN International, CNBC, Bloomberg , Channel News Asia, National Public Radio (US), Radio France International and Swedish Public Radio,

Occasional guest speaker, Anglo-American Press Association, Paris.

Member of the international advisory board, IO-MBA programme, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Executive board member, The Case Centre, Cranfield University, UK (2008-2020).

PhD supervisor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

PhD examiner, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

January 2021