Policy Fellow
Geo-economics, economic statecraft, security, sanctions policy, German foreign policy
German, English, French, Spanish, some Arabic
Jonathan Hackenbroich is a policy fellow for economic statecraft and the head of ECFR’s Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion. His work for ECFR’s European Power programme focuses on economic coercion and geo-economics, especially sanctions policy. He is also an expert on German foreign policy.
Hackenbroich has been published in the weekly Die Zeit, the daily FAZ and Tagesspiegel, French daily Le Monde, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, Deutschlandfunk, and in ECFR’s annual political trends papers. He regularly appears as a commentator in the media, and has been a podcast contributor at ECFR’s flagship podcast “World in 30 Minutes”.
Hackenbroich holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. where he specialised in US grand strategy, geopolitics and geo-economics. He also holds a BA in International Relations from TU Dresden.
Previously, Hackenbroich was research assistant to ECFR’s director where he acted as speech writer, podcast researcher, and strategic adviser to Mark Leonard. Before joining ECFR, Hackenbroich was a trainee at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, where he worked at the foreign desk and wrote about geopolitics and strategic issues.
He has also been a lecturer on strategic political forecasting at TU Dresden. Hackenbroich had previous work experience at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC, the German Foreign Office’s Iran Task Force, the German Bundestag, UNHCR Jordan and with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Lebanon.
This could be the moment to build a more balanced transatlantic relationship, with Europeans showing the US where we need it to engage, and how – rather than simply waiting for cues from Washington
European countries are increasingly coming under threat of economic coercion from great powers, as outlined in the latest ECFR’s policy brief. But what do we…
Un nouveau rapport propose des « outils concrets » qui permettraient à l'Union européenne de mieux lutter contre la coercition économique
The EU should move quickly to consider and adopt a suite of tools to protect and enhance European sovereignty in the geo-economic sphere
Germany and Europe must defend themselves against US sanctions. They can strengthen their armoury in two ways.
There are at least 11 different ways the United States could use economic weapons to harm China in the coming years
“If it’s about Europe´s role in global health, a big part of it is Europe's health sovereignty which we want to make one of the…
L’Europe doit améliorer ses systèmes d’alerte rapides, sa résilience en matière de chaine d’approvisionnement, la recherche et le développement médical
Europe must improve its early warning systems, supply chain resilience, medical R&D, and cyber security and technology, to act decisively in future emergencies
What does the corona crisis mean for economic coercion? How does it amplify some of the problems stemming from punitive economic measures Europeans have worried…
The EU should move quickly to consider and adopt a suite of tools to protect and enhance European sovereignty in the geo-economic sphere
Europe must improve its early warning systems, supply chain resilience, medical R&D, and cyber security and technology, to act decisively in future emergencies
2017: It could have been worse Prediction is a gloomy business, even in the best of times. It is neither fun nor interesting to predict…
This could be the moment to build a more balanced transatlantic relationship, with Europeans showing the US where we need it to engage, and how – rather than simply waiting for cues from Washington
Germany and Europe must defend themselves against US sanctions. They can strengthen their armoury in two ways.
There are at least 11 different ways the United States could use economic weapons to harm China in the coming years
By defining legal limits, the Constitutional Court has forced the German government to reconsider its European policy – to make political decisions on Europe where it has the power to do so
Great power rivalry has not abated even amid the coronavirus. To survive the economic conflict between China and the US, Europe must make its preparations now.
The French president has laid down the gauntlet by warning the European political project could end if it fails to embrace burden-sharing. One of two scenarios could now play out.
ECFR’s national offices discuss the emerging divisions between EU member states on the economic response to covid-19
Trump’s bid for CureVac should spur Europeans to strengthen their investment screening rules – and signal to China and the US that unwanted takeovers will cost them
European countries and businesses are unlikely to escape the impact of US extraterritorial measures on China, Russia, and Turkey.
Washington and Beijing seem to interpret European inaction as weakness and an invitation for greater coercion in pursuit of their economic and geopolitical interests
European countries are increasingly coming under threat of economic coercion from great powers, as outlined in the latest ECFR’s policy brief. But what do we…
“If it’s about Europe´s role in global health, a big part of it is Europe's health sovereignty which we want to make one of the…
What does the corona crisis mean for economic coercion? How does it amplify some of the problems stemming from punitive economic measures Europeans have worried…
The EU members states have been caught up in a heated discussion on possible European ‘coronabonds’, a joint debt assistance by the Union to help…
Negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 – 2027 just have started. But as tensions and divergences between the EU member states are…
Direct from the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Mark Leonard, Ulrike Franke and Jonathan Hackenbroich share their post-conference insights. They discuss speeches by German chancellor Angela Merkel,…
Jonathan Hackenbroich covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Professor John Naughton about Facebook’s data leak and its monetisation of data. Bookshelf: East…
Jonathan Hackenbroich comments on the future of Nord Stream 2 when Biden enters the White House.
Jonathan Hackenbroich analysed German data on Kurzarbeit and unemployment.
Following up on his latest report, Jonathan Hackenbroich explains why the first priority is to strengthen the euro and the technology must be brought up to date with a digital currency.
The German newspaper refers to ECFR's report on economic coercion.
Jonathan Hackenbroich on the possible outcomes of US presidential elections
