German Society for Foreign Policy

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German Society for Foreign Policy
(DGAP)
logo
legal form registered association
founding 1955
founder Hermann Josef Abs , Robert Pferdmenges
Seat Berlin ( ⊙ coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 31.2 ″  N , 13 ° 20 ′ 46.7 ″  E )
purpose Think tank for foreign policy
Chair Thomas Enders
sales 5,400,447 euros (2018)
Employees 75 (2018)
Members 2884 (2018)
Website dgap.org

The German Society for Foreign Policy e. V. ( DGAP ) is a network and think tank for foreign policy . Founded in 1955 in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations and Chatham House , the company operates research facilities for questions of international politics as well as foreign and security policy . The DGAP today has over 2,500 members, including leading personalities from banking and finance, business, politics, media and science. The DGAP is based in the former building of the Yugoslav embassy in the embassy district in Berlin-Tiergarten .

Association and purpose

DGAP headquarters in Berlin-Tiergarten

The association tries to actively influence the formation of foreign policy opinions at all levels. His work is aimed at decision-makers in German politics, business, administration, in non-governmental organizations, in the military and the general public. The DGAP publishes the journal Internationale Politik every two months . Among other things, it is the host of the EU-Russia Forum . The institution known internationally as the German Council on Foreign Relations sees itself as a practice-oriented think tank that offers demand-oriented policy advice on a scientific basis. It is financed through the contributions of its members, through project funds raised and through grants from sponsors and patrons, including the Federal Foreign Office , Deutsche Bank AG , Airbus Group and the Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH . The industrialist Arend Oetker was President of DGAP from 2005 to 2019 and has been Thomas Enders since then. Director of DGAP has been Daniela Schwarzer since August 2017 . The DGAP is a member of the European Movement Network .

history

The association was founded in Bonn in 1955. When it was founded, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and Chatham House in London served as a model in many respects . In Bonn, the DGAP had its headquarters in Villa Joachimstrasse 7 from 1956 to 1959 and then in Villa Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 6 until 1965/1966 . In 1965 she acquired her own building for the first time with the former Haus des Deutschen Handwerks in Bonn, including the Villa Adenauerallee 131 , which in later years also served as the DGAP's emblem . It served as the headquarters of the DGAP from April 1966 to 1999. The CDU politician, diplomat and entrepreneur Günther Henle became the first president of the newly founded DGAP .

Founding father Hermann Josef Abs

Based on the functions and activities of the DGAP's founding fathers, a dovetailing of decision-makers from finance, industry, media, politics and justice based on the example of the structures of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Chatham House can already be seen in 1955 .

as well as the federal politicians

jointly drafted the call to found the DGAP.

activities

Research institute

The DGAP's research institute (also known as a think tank ) conducts action-oriented and practice-oriented research at the interface between politics, business, science and the media. More than 30 foreign policy experts work in ten research programs on the thematic priorities of the DGAP.

With the participation of high-ranking decision-makers from politics and business, the DGAP organizes and moderates the discussion in the foreign policy community in numerous specialist conferences, discussion groups as well as study and project groups. The DGAP experts publish numerous studies and analyzes on current foreign policy issues every year and develop concrete solutions. In this sense, the DGAP research institute sees itself as a modern think tank, as an advisor and initiator of operational foreign policy.

Exchange of information

In the context of exclusive lectures, panel discussions and fireside chats, the members of the DGAP exchange ideas with high-ranking decision-makers from Germany and abroad on basic questions and current topics of foreign policy - at the headquarters in Berlin and nationwide in the regional forums DGAPforum NRW, Hanseatic cities, Munich, Frankfurt, Saxony and Baden-Württemberg.

The JUNGE DGAP was founded in 2008 to make it easier for young foreign policy professionals to join the network, and the DGAP range was expanded to include event formats and mentoring programs.

In October 2015, German media reported that German and European arms companies such as Krauss-Maffei Wegmann , MBDA and Airbus Helicopters had financed luxury excursions for 350 employees of members of the Bundestag - organized by the DGAP and its "Berliner Forum Zukunft" - in recent years.

Promotion of young talent

Franco-German relations : promoting young talent. The DGAP, together with its French counterpart Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) and the Robert Bosch Foundation, is organizing a special German-French program, which is primarily aimed at young diplomatic or academic talent, under the title Dialogue d'avenir franco-allemand .

Library

The library and documentation center of the DGAP (BiDok) is one of the oldest and most important publicly accessible special libraries on German foreign and security policy. Its holdings go back to 1945 and include more than 250 national and international magazines, over 80,000 books and numerous electronic publications. Thanks to the cooperation with the specialist information network “International Relations and Regional Studies” (IBLK), the library also offers the largest specialist database of its kind in Europe.

Publications

The journal Internationale Politik was founded in 1945 by Wilhelm Cornides under the name "Europa-Archiv" . The IP has established itself among experts from politics, business, science and the media as Germany's leading foreign policy magazine. The IP appears every two months and is available by subscription as well as nationwide in train station and airport bookshops.

aussenpolitik.net was the DGAP's knowledge portal for international relations and global issues. Based on the DGAP's priorities, it presented selected analyzes from the Internet offerings of specialist journals and think tanks worldwide. The portal was discontinued in autumn 2012.

structure

Committees of the DGAP are:

Presidium / Management

Board

Ex officio members of the board:

Bureau

membership

The approximately 2500 personal members of the DGAP include many well-known experts from politics, business, science and the media, including u. a .:

Honorary members of the DGAP are or were:

literature

  • Daniel Eisermann: Foreign Policy and Strategy Discussion, The German Society for Foreign Policy 1955–1972 . Oldenbourg, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-486-56338-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50 years DGAP , p. 26 ff. (PDF; 1.6 MB).
  2. ↑ DGAP: Sponsors .
  3. ^ Daniel Eisermann in " Foreign Policy and Strategy Discussion ", " The German Society for Foreign Policy 1955–1972 ", Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1999, Volume 66, pp. 62ff, ISBN 3-486-56338-6 .
  4. ^ Daniel Eisermann in " Foreign Policy and Strategy Discussion ", " The German Society for Foreign Policy 1955–1972 ", pp. 79f.
  5. ↑ Listed by Daniel Eisermann in " Foreign Policy and Strategied Discussion ", " The German Society for Foreign Policy 1955–1972 ", p. 78.
  6. ↑ DGAP website: About us, Think Tank
  7. ↑ DGAP website: We about us, society
  8. ↑ For members of parliament: the armaments industry finances luxury travel , t-online.de , October 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ DGAP: About Us, The Library
  10. ^ DGAP: The network for foreign policy
  11. ↑ https://dgap.org/de/gesellschaft/ueber-uns/gremien
  12. ↑ https://dgap.org/de/think-tank/presse/pressemitteilungen/dgap-waehlt-neuen-praesidents
  13. ^ Members of the DGAP