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Roland Freudenstein

Roland Freudenstein was born in Bonn, Germany. After a two year voluntary military service, he studied political science, economics, Japan studies and international relations in Bonn and Los Angeles. Having worked as a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, he became a member of the foreign and security planning staff of the European Commission in Brussels in the 1990s.

Subsequently, he became the director of the Warsaw office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and later held a leading function in the Foundation’s central office in Berlin. After coming back to Brussels in 2004, he represented the German city state of Hamburg to the EU. Beginning in 2008, Roland Freudenstein served as Head of Research and Deputy Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and, since October 2015, as its Policy Director. In October 2021, Roland Freudenstein became Vice-President of GLOBSEC and Head of its Brussels office, his current position.

He has contributed to debates and published extensively on European integration, international security, German-Polish relations, global democracy support and about Russia and Eastern Europe.

More by Roland Freudenstein

  • Can Biden’s short-lived honeymoon with Europe be salvaged?

    In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes

    24 Sep 2021

  • Donald J. Biden? How Europe’s Indignation Reveals as Much About Us as About America

    Blog

    21 Sep 2021

  • The Week in 7 Questions with Nico Lange

    Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions

    17 Sep 2021

  • The Week in 7 Questions with Andreas von Brandt

    Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions

    10 Sep 2021

  • Crimea in the Spotlight – the Road to De-Occupation

    Live-streams - Multimedia - Ukraine

    10 Sep 2021

  • For EU, Afghanistan is now a four-letter word

    In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes

    06 Sep 2021

  • The Week in 7 Questions with Tamara Weingerl-Požar

    Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions

    23 Jul 2021

  • TTTC: Democracy vs autocracy and the great-power showdown

    Live-streams - Multimedia

    20 Jul 2021

  • The Week in 7 Questions with Valentina Martínez

    Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions

    16 Jul 2021

  • Israel’s Security and Political Challenges Under the New Government

    Live-streams - Multimedia

    14 Jul 2021


Publications written or edited by Roland Freudenstein

  • The EU’s Relations With a Future Democratic Russia: A Strategy

    Policy Briefs

    The EU’s Relations With a Future Democratic Russia: A Strategy

  • Researching the Dragon - The EU Needs to Build up its Independent China Expertise

    IN BRIEF

    Researching the Dragon - The EU Needs to Build up its Independent China Expertise

  • Implications of the 2020 US Presidential Election for the EU

    IN BRIEF

    Implications of the 2020 US Presidential Election for the EU

  • Recommendations for the new European Commission President

    Other

    Recommendations for the new European Commission President

  • European Energy Security: The Case Against Nord Stream 2

    IN FOCUS

    European Energy Security: The Case Against Nord Stream 2

  • A New Transatlantic Agenda: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump Era

    IN FOCUS

    A New Transatlantic Agenda: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump Era

  • IN FOCUS

    BREXIT: Six ways it will fundamentally change the EU

  • Research Papers

    The Renaissance of the West: How Europe and America Can Shape Up in Confronting Putin's Russia

  • Ukraine

    Ukraine after Minsk II: The military situation on the ground

  • Other

    Post-electoral Analysis: EP Elections 2014

  • Policy Briefs

    Democracy and Legitimacy in an Economic Union

  • Research Papers

    A Thorn in the Side of European Elites: The New Euroscepticism

  • Research Papers

    After Their Establishment: Right-wing Populist Parties in Europe

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