Martin Wagener (political scientist)

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Martin Wagener, 2014

Martin Wagener (born October 20, 1970 in Lüneburg ) is a German political scientist .

Life

Wagener made in 1990 at Johanneum Lüneburg High School . In the winter semester of 1991 he began a master’s degree (political science, international law, history) at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , which he completed in 1997. He then worked for a year as a research assistant at the Institute for Special Research at the University of Göttingen. In 1999 he received a doctoral scholarship from the Hanns Seidel Foundation for two years . In 2001 he switched to a position as a research assistant at the chair for international relations and foreign policy at the University of Trier ; In 2006 he became a lecturer there and, before completing his doctorate, represented the junior professorship of Sebastian Harnisch , who had moved to Heidelberg University .

In 2008 Wagener received his doctorate with his dissertation on the rise of China in power politics in Southeast Asia as a security strategy challenge for the USA . He then worked for another year as a research assistant in Trier before he was able to take up the junior professorship in the 2009 winter semester.

In October 2012 he became professor of international politics at the Federal University of Public Administration in the intelligence services department at the Haar near Munich site.

controversy

In August 2018, Wagener self-published the book Germany's insecure border: A plea for a new protective wall . On the basis of Wagener's statements (he called for internment camps for asylum seekers), the BND had the book checked by an external expert, which aroused greater public attention. The expert came to the conclusion that no misconduct could be ascertained. The BND did not comment on the result of the investigation.

In March 2019, Wagener u. a. takes legal action against his employer for damage to his reputation.

Publications (selection)

  • Germany's unsafe border: a plea for a new protective wall . Munich: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (self-published), 2018. ISBN 978-1724782403
  • with Hanns W. Maull (Ed.): East Asia in Globalization . Baden-Baden 2009.
  • Hegemonic Change in Southeast Asia? The rise of China in power politics as a security strategy challenge for the USA . Trier 2009 ( martin-wagener.org [PDF] plus dissertation, University of Trier 2008).
Essays
  • Lessons from Preah Vihear: Thailand, Cambodia, and the Nature of Low-Intensity Border Conflicts . In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs . No. 3 , 2011, p. 27-59 ( sub.uni-hamburg.de ).
  • Not at eye level . In: FAZ . December 8, 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lecturers of the HS Bund -> Wagener address accessed on August 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ WORLD: Protective wall thesis: BND examines suspicion of right-wing extremism in trainers . September 8, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed March 27, 2019]).
  3. ^ Suspicion of right-wing extremism among BND instructors . T-Online, September 8, 2018
  4. ↑ BND trainer calls for "protective wall" for Germany - secret service is examining measures . Münchner Merkur, September 7, 2018
  5. ↑ a b Controversial BND trainer is allowed to continue teaching . Spiegel online, March 15, 2019
  6. ↑ Ralf Schuler: Secret Service Professor takes action against BND - 16.03.2019
personal data
SURNAME Wagener, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg