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Since 01.10.2020, Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Executive Chairman of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) 2010-2020 Member of the Executive Board of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) 2007-2009 Research Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) 1992-2007 and 2009-2010 research associate at the SWP, until March 2001 head of the Middle East and Africa Research Group, 2001-2007 and 2009-2010 research member of the Institute's management 1992 Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 1989-1992 Ph.D. scholarship at the IFO Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Developing Countries Department