Ukraine Talks in Istanbul: Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder Analyzes Diplomatic Dynamics Ukraine Talks in Istanbul: Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder Analyzes Diplomatic Dynamics

Andreas Heinemann-Grüder is a Senior Fellow at CASSIS and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on politics and conflict in the post-Soviet space, comparative federalism, the resurgence of authoritarianism and violent political crises involving irregular armed groups.
He has previously taught at Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Duke University in North Carolina, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cologne. Heinemann-Grüder has provided political advice to the German Federal Chancellery, the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Federal Ministry of Defense, the German Bundestag, the European Parliament, the OSCE, NATO and the EU Stability Pact for Southeast Europe. He has conducted field research in the Baltic states, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, India, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, the Philippines, South Sudan, Spain, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Heinemann-Grüder studied history, political science and German language and literature at the Free University of Berlin and completed a postgraduate degree at Lomonosov University in Moscow. He received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 1989 and habilitated at Humboldt University in 1999. He is a member of the Federal Government's Advisory Council for Civil Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding.