Head, ECFR Berlin
Senior Policy Fellow
German and European foreign, security and defence policy; Germany's role in Europe; transatlantic relations
German, English, Italian
Dr Jana Puglierin is the Head of the Berlin Office and a Senior Policy Fellow for the European Council on Foreign Relations since January 2020. She also directs ECFR’s Rethink: Europe initiative, which explores and illustrates European cooperation in innovative ways through the EU Cohesion Monitor and the EU Coalition Explorer.
Prior to this, she headed the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Before joining DGAP Puglierin was an advisor on disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation at the German Bundestag, where she also worked on matters relating to German and European foreign and security policy. Between 2003 and 2010 she was researcher and lecturer to the chair of political science and contemporary history as well as in the program for North American studies at the University of Bonn. She was also an associate at “Stiftung Neue Verantwortung”, Berlin from October 2010 until October 2011.
In November 2017 Puglierin was a visiting fellow at the American-German Situation Room, a joint initiative of the AICGS and GMF. She is Alumna of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation’s Working Group of Young Foreign Policy Experts (2007-2016), of the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius (2016), of the Manfred-Wörner-Seminar for German-American Relations (2009) as well as of the International Visitor Leadership Program, the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program (2015). She is a board member of the German Atlantic Society and a member of the extended board of Women in International Security (WIIS.de).
Jana earned a Master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Political Science, International and European law, and Sociology from the Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn. Her doctoral degree was based on a thesis on the life and thought of John H. Herz.
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Quel que soit le dénouement des élections américaines, il faut regarder les choses en face : il sera presque impossible d’unir les Européens pour former un contrepoids aux Etats-Unis
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Experts from ECFR’s national offices address the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over gas reserves
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The EU Coalition Explorer survey reveals the importance of Germany and France within the EU, and the impact they can have when they cooperate with each other
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What will a Biden administration herald for Europe? The heads of ECFR’s seven offices report on the mood in the capitals
The Europeans are insufficiently prepared to provide more in terms of defence and stability. There will be a rude awakening even with a President Biden in the White House.
Whatever the final outcome of the US election, one conclusion is hard to avoid: it will be nearly impossible to unite Europeans as a counterweight to the US
Experts from ECFR’s national offices address the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over gas reserves
Just as they have on the economic recovery, Berlin and Paris must overcome their differences and present a courageous plan to create a Europe that takes decisive geopolitical action
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German decision-makers must now bear in mind not only their country’s well-being but also that of the entire EU
To hope that German defence policy will become more French is equivalent to waiting for Godot.
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The European Solidarity Tracker collects and displays instances of pan-European solidarity throughout the coronavirus crisis
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The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the EU’s conception of order and exposed a gap between European aspirations and actions. Firstly, Europeans are confronted with the…
After last week’s discussion with Matt Duss and Jeremy Shapiro, Mark Leonard follows up by gathering the European views on a possible Biden win and…
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This week’s podcast episode sees very special participation from Anu Bradford, law professor at Columbia and author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union…
Jana Puglierin notes that NATO and the European Union are fundamental to Germany.
Jana Puglierin speaks about the future of the transatlantic and US-German relationship.
Jana Puglierin comments on Franco-German relations after Biden's victory.
Jana Puglierin speaks in this podcast about the potential revival of the transatlantic ties after the Biden win.
Jana Puglierin comments on the German security policy debate.
