ECFR Alumni · Senior Policy Fellow
European integration; financial market regulation
English and German
Sebastian Dullien was a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. His research focused on European integration, international macroeconomics, and financial market regulation.
Dullien is a professor of International Economics at HTW Berlin, the University of Applied Sciences. He has worked as a consultant and expert for many different political foundations and sub-organisations of the United Nations, and he has testified in front of several committees of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament. From 2000 to 2007, Dullien worked as a journalist for Financial Times Deutschland, the German-language edition of the FT. He first worked as a leader writer and then moved to the Economics desk. From 2002 to 2007 he was responsible for the paper’s coverage of the global, European, and German business cycles as well as developments in German academic economics. Dullien writes a monthly column in the German magazine, Capital and is a regular contributor to Spiegel Online. He writes occasional op-eds for a number of other German publications. His recent book, Decent Capitalism (co-authored with Hansjörg Herr and Christian Kellermann, 2011), provides a blueprint for a better-regulated and more stable capitalism after the crisis. An earlier German version (Der gute Kapitalismus) has been widely discussed in Germany.
Growth will not be created with marginal policy measures – we need a fundamental change of the current policy mix. An end to extreme austerity, more public investment and a reform of the financial system must be at the core of a EU growth strategy.
Two myths about a Greek exit from the euro have recently gained traction. Both are misguided and both are extremely dangerous. Here are the reasons why.
How does the Fiscal Compact shape fiscal policy and austerity in the euro area and what can be done to make austerity in Europe less brutal? The development of a meaningful 'Growth Compact' may provide the best way forward.
Examining the Fiscal Compact & the growth/austerity debate
Understanding how Berlin thinks is now more important than ever. If EU leaders want Angela Merkel to listen to calls for growth, they first need to understand her economic mindset which is deeply rooted in a concept known as 'ordoliberalism'.
The thinking behind Germany’s unpopular approach to the crisis
The only real success of the euro summit was that it might encourage the ECB to step up its role in the euro area. But years more austerity and a major rift with Britain are a high price the whole euro zone will have to pay for German ideology.
The reaction of both the markets and politicians suggests that the latest euro summit has been a success. But the outcome is unlikely to end the euro crisis, and parts of it might actually make it worse.
In the federal election year, Germans are ready to give new European solutions a strong boost and take more risks
Europe can more sustainably and cost-efficiently handle refugee arrivals by centralising management at a European level
Given public opposition, the EU should make a fresh start in winning support for TTIP
Landmark in European integration needs reforms
Why the German model is not a blueprint for Europe
Three choices for a more integrated Europe
Three scenarios for the future of the EU single market
Examining the Fiscal Compact & the growth/austerity debate
The thinking behind Germany’s unpopular approach to the crisis
Giving up sovereignty at the national level seems the only way to retain some kind of European sovereignty, writes Sebastian Dullien in his farewell commentary for ECFR
Given changing global growth dynamics, Donald Trump’s trade policies might just transform from a nuisance into a threat to the euro area’s recovery
It seems we have not learned the lessons of the recent past and may be doomed to repeat them in the future
Heiko Maas has plans to circumvent the US; but they clash with Germany’s growth model
Europeans still indulge in the myth of economic influence without military strength. But their soft power approach will fail without hard weapons
Outside the White House, no one knows what Trump is really after. However, betting on Trump just being impulsive without any strategic aims might prove very costly in the end.
Free trade is about more than just about low tariffs. It is also about predictability, and the EU must not allow Trump to introduce arbitrary tariffs at will.
In Central and Eastern Europe, wage convergence with the West has stalled – and people are blaming Germany
The prospect of reopening trade talks with the US puts the European Union in an invidious position
The trend for integration of global markets has softened and might soon even revert, which will force nation-states to rethink their trade strategies
Mark Leonard speaks with Mark Schieritz from Die Zeit and ECFR's Sebastian Dullien about a new framework for transatlantic relations. The podcast was recorded on…
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien about the consequences of the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the…
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Stefan Kornelius, head of the international section of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and with ECFR senior policy fellows, Kadri Liik and…
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Parag Khanna, Senior Research…
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sebastian Dullien, ECFR senior policy fellow and a professor of international economics, about the impact that the influx of…
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament, ECFR’s senior policy fellow Sebastian Dullien and Josef Janning, and Ulrike Franke,…
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR's senior policy fellows Vessela Tcherneva and Sebastian Dullien about what the result of the Greek referendum will…
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of Economics and head of the Greek think tank ELIAMEP, and Sebastian Dullien, ECFR's senior…
Sebastian Dullien, Senior Policy Fellow beim European Council on Foreign Relations und Co-Autor der Publikation “A Fresh Start for TTIP” analysiert die Vor- und…
Senior Policy Fellow Sebastian Dullien kommentiert die am Vortag in Brüssel von den EU-Finanzministern ausgehandelte Bankenunion…
Sebastian Dullien comments on Germany's trade relations with the US and China against the backdrop of Trump's “America First” policy
Sebastian Dullien explains in an Op-Ed published in Die Zeit the difference between a european counterinsurance for nonworkers and unimployment insurance on EU level
Sebastian Dullien analyzes the US-american economic policy in an Op-Ed in the Tageszeitung
Sebastian Dullien was quoted by Mark Schieritz in “Die Zeit” regarding the consequences resulting from an international strenghtening of the Euro.
Sebastian Dullien quoted on the meeting of President Macron and Chancellor Merkel ahead of EU summit