Dr. Joachim Weber
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Dr. Joachim Weber

Senior Fellow Strategic Foresight and Risk Analysis

Contact

Mail: jweber1@uni-bonn.de
Phone: +49 (0)228/73-60990
Address: Römerstraße 164, D-53117 Bonn
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Twitter: @CASSIS_Bonn


Profile

Dr. Joachim Weber is Senior Fellow for Strategic Foresight and Risk Analysis at CASSIS. His research takes a comprehensive geopolitical approach to power dynamics, security policy and maritime challenges in particular. In addition to his regional focus on events on the world's oceans in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, his thematic priorities also include military and arms policy. Among other things, he is co-founder of the KAVOMA study program at the University of Bonn and has been teaching political geography, security policy and geopolitics at universities in Germany, Croatia and the USA for over 20 years. He has been interviewed by national and international media from the “Washington Post” to Japanese and Australian television, with over 500 contributions since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.


Research Focus

Strategic Foresight | Maritime Security | European Security Structures | Arctic Policy | Ukraine-War  


Selected Publications

Der Ukrainekrieg und das Schwarze Meer. Überlegungen zur maritimen Dimension einer epochalen Auseinandersetzung, in: Koehlers Flottenkalender 2024. Internationales Jahrbuch der Seefahrt 113, Hamburg 2023: 138-145. Link

Der Ukrainekrieg und das Schwarze Meer, in: Marineforum 7/8.2023: 14-18. Link

Handbook on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic. The High North between Confrontation and Cooperation, ed. by Joachim Weber, Reihe Frontiers in International Relations, Band 1, Springer Verlag) Berlin-Heidelberg 2020.

Rußland gibt Gas. Über den Nexus von energiewirtschaftlicher und militärischer Infrastrukturentwicklung in der russischen Arktis, Forschungspapier für das Jahresarbeitstreffen der DVPW-Themengruppe Polar- und Meerespolitik, Bielefeld 01.10.2019 (Veröffentlichung in Vorbereitung).

Rolle rückwärts beim Export? Der Koalitionsvertrag löst noch keine Probleme von Bundeswehr und Rüstungsindustrie. Reihe „Arbeitspapier Sicherheitspolitik“ der Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS), Nr. 12/2018.

Tauchfahrt im Pazifik. Deutschlands Scheitern im australischen U-Boot-Poker und die Grenzen der deutschen Rüstungspolitik.- In: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS) 10 (IV/2017): 469-484.

Auf Tauchstation. Deutschlands Scheitern im australischen U-Boot-Poker wirft Grundsatzfragen auf. – In: Internationale Politik 5.2016: 98-103.


Research Projects


Events

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
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Lecture series "Europa und die Meere. Strategische Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts in maritimer Perspektive"

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
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Lecture series "Maritime Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts"

Teaching


Current Media Contributions
Dr. Joachim Weber comments on drone defense in Germany on n-tv
On October 6th, Dr. Joachim Weber criticized the German government's long-delayed procurement of drone defense systems on n-tv. Sparking the discussion was the increase in drone sightings over several European airports in recent months.
Dr. Joachim Weber on Phoenix and n-tv regarding drone sightings over Denmark
On September 25th and 26th, Dr. Joachim Weber spoke on Phoenix vor Ort and n-tv about the recent drone sightings over Denmark. Since the beginning of the week, several unknown drones had caused air traffic over Danish airports to come to a standstill.
Guest article by Dr. Joachim Weber on Focus Online about the new military service in Germany
On August 29th, Dr. Joachim Weber published a guest article on Focus Online about the reintroduction of compulsory military service in Germany. 
Dr. Joachim Weber comments live on Phoenix the inauguration of the new artillery plant in Lower Saxony
On August 27th, Dr. Joachim Weber appeared live on the television program Phoenix vor Ort to comment the simultaneous opening of the new Rheinmetall artillery factory in Lower Saxony from a security perspective. The plant is now Europe's largest ammunition factory. The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Chancellor Klingbeil, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Federal Minister of Defense Pistorius, and Armin Papperger, CEO of the Rheinmetall defense company, among others. The interview with Dr. Weber is available between minutes 45:45 and 56:17.
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