Views from the capitals: The Libya conference in Berlin
ECFR’s national offices explore whether the conference marks a fresh beginning for Europe’s engagement with war-torn Libya
Experts & Staff
René Wildangel
ECFR Alumni · Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Europe-MENA relations, MEPP, Civil Society, Democratisation and Elections, Human Rights
Languages
German, English, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, French, Persian (basic)
Biography
René Wildangel was a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) based in Berlin. Before joining ECFR in September 2019, Wildangel worked as a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) human rights expert at Amnesty International. Additionally, he was the country director of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation’s Palestine/Jordan office in Ramallah from 2011-2015; served as an advisor on Foreign Policy in the German Bundestag and the US Congress; and as a desk officer at the German Federal Foreign Office.
Wildangel holds an MA in History, Political Science and Literature from the University of Cologne, and a PhD in Middle Eastern history from the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO) in Berlin and the University of Cologne. He spent a year abroad at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and studied Arabic at the IFEAD in Damascus.
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Views from the capitals: The Libya conference in Berlin
ECFR’s national offices explore whether the conference marks a fresh beginning for Europe’s engagement with war-torn Libya
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