Roland Freudenstein
Policy Director
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. Roland Freudenstein has been, since 2008, Head of Research and Deputy Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and, since October 2015, its Policy Director.
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
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Can Biden’s short-lived honeymoon with Europe be salvaged?
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
24 Sep 2021
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Donald J. Biden? How Europe’s Indignation Reveals as Much About Us as About America
Blog
21 Sep 2021
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The Week in 7 Questions with Nico Lange
Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions
17 Sep 2021
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The Week in 7 Questions with Andreas von Brandt
Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions
10 Sep 2021
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Crimea in the Spotlight – the Road to De-Occupation
Live-streams - Multimedia
10 Sep 2021
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For EU, Afghanistan is now a four-letter word
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
06 Sep 2021
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The Week in 7 Questions with Tamara Weingerl-Požar
Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions
23 Jul 2021
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TTTC: Democracy vs autocracy and the great-power showdown
Live-streams - Multimedia
20 Jul 2021
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The Week in 7 Questions with Valentina Martínez
Multimedia - The Week in 7 Questions
16 Jul 2021
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Israel’s Security and Political Challenges Under the New Government
Live-streams - Multimedia
14 Jul 2021
Publications written or edited by Roland Freudenstein
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IN BRIEF
Researching the Dragon - The EU Needs to Build up its Independent China Expertise
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IN BRIEF
Implications of the 2020 US Presidential Election for the EU
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Other
Recommendations for the new European Commission President
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IN FOCUS
European Energy Security: The Case Against Nord Stream 2
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IN FOCUS
A New Transatlantic Agenda: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump Era
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IN FOCUS
BREXIT: Six ways it will fundamentally change the EU
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Research Papers
The Renaissance of the West: How Europe and America Can Shape Up in Confronting Putin's Russia
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IN FOCUS
Ukraine after Minsk II: The military situation on the ground
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Other
Post-electoral Analysis: EP Elections 2014
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Policy Briefs
Democracy and Legitimacy in an Economic Union
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Research Papers
A Thorn in the Side of European Elites: The New Euroscepticism
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Research Papers
After Their Establishment: Right-wing Populist Parties in Europe
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Other
Conservative Corrections
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