Jan Techau

Former  Director
Carnegie Europe
Techau was the director of Carnegie Europe, the European center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Techau works on EU integration and foreign policy, transatlantic affairs, and German foreign and security policy.
Education

MA, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel 
Exchange Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University 

Languages
  • English
  • German

Latest Analysis

    • Commentary

    Chancellor Merkel’s Double Vision

    • September 19, 2013
    • International Herald Tribune

    Contrary to widely held beliefs, Angela Merkel’s positions are easy to identify. She has made three fundamental decisions that have defined the structure of her foreign policy.

    • Strategic Europe

    Syria: The West’s Three Cardinal Sins

    • September 17, 2013

    By failing on three counts to react strategically to challenges in the Middle East, the West has revealed its foreign policy performance to be breathtakingly miserable.

    • Strategic Europe

    Why the Eastern Partnership Is Crucial for the EU and the West

    • September 10, 2013

    The EU’s approach toward its Eastern neighbors matters hugely for the region, for the EU, and for the West as a whole. That approach needs to be bolder and more strategic.

    • Strategic Europe

    Four Red Herrings on Syria

    • September 03, 2013

    If decisionmakers are serious about military intervention in Syria, they should make a convincing case for a full-scale, sustained, and deadly blow against the Assad regime.

    • Strategic Europe

    Carnegie at the Movies (Part 2)

    • August 29, 2013

    We asked a selection of Carnegie scholars for their favorite foreign policy movies. The results include classics, comedies, and thrillers and offer an entertaining playlist.

    • Strategic Europe

    Carnegie at the Movies (Part 1)

    • August 27, 2013

    We asked a selection of Carnegie scholars for their favorite foreign policy movies. The results include classics, comedies, and thrillers and offer an entertaining playlist.

    • Strategic Europe

    At Long Last, a Sign of Leadership From Ashton

    • July 30, 2013

    The long-awaited official review of the EEAS is smart, realistic, and ambitious. It is now up to the member states and institutions to drive EU foreign policy forward.

    • Strategic Europe

    Will EU Foreign Policy Save the Integration Process?

    • July 26, 2013

    The EU’s foreign and defense policies are not the logical next steps toward further integration. But without them integration might become even shallower than it is today.

    • Strategic Europe

    What If Unipolarity Came Back?

    • July 16, 2013

    Even if EU foreign policy analysts’ working assumption is wrong, the outcome is the same: if Europeans want to matter in the world they must get their act together fast.

    • Strategic Europe

    Welcome to Europe’s Painful New Normal

    • July 09, 2013

    During the last sixty years, Europe has adopted some awkward bad habits. It needs to find some new ones fast, or the next decades will be a period of turmoil and decline.

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