EXPERTISE

Geographic Areas
Subsaharan Africa
Southeastern Europe
Central Asia and the Caucasus

Issues
International Development
Nation-building and Democracy
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
International Organizations

send email


Winrich Kühne
Steven Muller Professor in German Studies

Background and Education
Founding director of the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZiF), Berlin; former deputy director of the German Research Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP); consultant to the Association of European Parliamentarians (AWEPA); member of the international advisory group to the UN Peacekeeping Lessons-Learned Unit; senior adviser to the former EU Crisis Prevention Network; member of the United Nations and Civilian Crisis Prevention Advisory Groups of the German Foreign Office; member of the editorial boards of the Journal of International Peacekeeping and Global Governance; election observer in Malawi (1993), South Africa (1994), Mozambique (1994), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010), etc.; Ph.D. in international law, University of Munich (Germany)

Publications
"The Role of Elections in Emerging Democracies and Post-Conflict Countries: Key Issues, Lessons Learned and Dilemmas," published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2010); "Peace Operations and Governance: Lessons Learned and Perspectives" in Peace Operations after 11 September 2001 (2004); "From Cold War Blue Helmets to Multi-Dimensional Peace Support Operations" in Peacebuilding: A Field Perspective (2000); "Kriege und Konfliktursachen im subsaharischen Afrika" in Jahrbuch Dritte Welt (1999)

Awards and Affiliations
Recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany

Languages
German
English
French
Spanish

Classes
War, Conflict and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa Part I
Theory and Practice of International Peacekeeping
War and Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa Part II