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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
International History, History of Communism, 20th Century Foreign Relations
EDUCATION
Dr. phil. summa cum laude (1998)
Martin Luther University Halle (Germany)
Master of Public Administration (1991)
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
M.A. (1988)
History, Catholic Theology, Tuebingen University (Germany)
B.A. (1984)
History, Catholic Theology, Political Science,
Tuebingen University (Germany)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Research Scholar, Cold War International History Project,
Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington D.C.
(2007- )
Public Policy Scholar, History and Public Policy Program
Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington D.C.
(January-April 2010)
Visiting Professor, Institute for Far Eastern Studies
University of North Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea
(April-June 2009)
Fellow, The Norwegian Nobel Institute
Oslo, Norway
(May-June 2008)
Research Fellow, German Historical Institute,
Washington D.C., (2001-2007)
Fellow, Hannah Arendt Institute,
Technical University of Dresden, Germany (1998-2001)
Fellow, Commission of the East German Catholic Church for Reappraisal of the GDR
, Berlin
(1993-1997)
Researcher on U.S. Occupation of Germany (1945-56), History Museum of Baden-Wuer
ttemberg, Stuttgart
(1988 - 1991)
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Work in Progress
Book manuscript: "Tigers in the Valley": East Asian Communism and the 'Superpowe
rs', 1968-1976"
Books
The East German State and the Catholic Church, 1945-1989 (New York: Berghahn Boo
ks, 2010, forthcoming)
Ostpolitik, 1969-1974: European and Global Responses (New York/London: Cambridge
University Press, 2009) (edited with Carole Fink)
Historical Justice in International Perspective (New York/London: Cambridge Univ
ersity Press, 2008)
(edited with Manfred Berg)
American Detente and German Ostpolitik, 1969-1972 (Washington D.C.: German Histo
rical Institute, 2004) (edited with David Geyer)
Staat und katholische Kirche in der DDR [State and Catholic Church in the GDR] (
Koln/Weimar: Bohlau, 2nd edition, 1999).
Kirche im Visier. SED, Staatssicherheit und katholische Kirche in der DDR [Targe
t Church: SED, State Security, and the Catholic Church in the GDR], with Dieter
Grande (Leipzig: benno, 2nd edition, 1998).
Other Publications
"'Evil Deception': North Korean Unification Policy, 1971-1975" (Washington D.C.:
Woodrow Wilson International Center/Cold War International History Project Work
ing Paper #44, 2009, forthcoming)
"North Korean 'Adventurism' and China's Long Shadow, 1966-1972" (Washington D.C.
: Woodrow Wilson International Center/Cold War International History Project Wor
king Paper #44, 2004)
The GDR in German Archives. A Guide to Primary Sources and Research Institutions
on the History of the Soviet Zone of Occupation and the German Democratic Repub
lic, 1945-1990 (Washington D.C.: German Historical Institute, 2002) (with Hennin
g Hoff and Ulrich Mahlert)
"Stasi Files and GDR Espionage Against the West" (Oslo: Institutt for forvarsstu
dier/Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, 2002)
Grenzen der Freundschaft. Zur Kooperation der Sicherheitsorgane der DDR und der
Volksrepublik Polen zwischen 1956 und 1989 [Limits of Friendship. State Security
Cooperation between GDR and People's Republic of Poland, 1956-1989], with Jerzy
Kochanowski and Wlodzimierz Borodziej (Hannah-Arendt-Institut: Dresden, 2000)
Selected Articles (since 2004)
"Communist Vanguard Contest in East Asia during the 1960s and 1970s", in Dynamic
s of the Cold War in Asia: Ideology, Identity, and Culture eds. Tuong Vu and Was
ana Wongsurawat (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 113-126.
"Phnom Penh/Saigon 1975: Vietnamesisch-kambodschanische und chinesisch-sowjetisc
he Machtkonkurrenz in Sudostasien" [Phnom Penh/Saigon 1975: Vietnamese-Cambodian
and Chinese-Soviet Power Competition in Southeast Asia] in Die Sowjetunion und
die Dritte Welt: UdSSR, Staatssozialismus und Antikolonialismus im Kalten Krieg
1945-1991 ed. Andreas Hilger (Munchen: Oldenbourg 2009), pp. 201-218.
"'Krieg schafft Revolutionen, Revolutionen beenden den Krieg': Furcht und Ideolo
gie in China und der UdSSR, 1969-1976", [War Creates Revolutions, Revolutions Te
rminate the War: Fear and Ideology in China and the Soviet Union, 1969-1976] in
Angst im Kalten Krieg eds. Bernd Greiner, Christian Th. Muller, and Dierk Walter
(Hamburg: Hamburger Edition, 2009), pp. 252-277.
"'Europe Must Not Become Greater Finland': Opponents of the CSCE - The German C
DU/CSU and China", in At the Roots of the European Security System: The Early CS
CE Process Revisited, 1965-75 eds. Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, and Christian
Nuenlist (London: Routledge, 2008), pp. 124-141.
"Ostpolitik, 'Fernostpolitik', and Sino-Soviet Rivalry: China and the Two German
ys", German Ostpolitik and the World, 1969-1974 eds. Carole Fink and Bernd Schae
fer (New York/London: Cambridge University Press 2008), pp. 129-147.
"The Sino-Soviet Conflict and the Warsaw Pact, 1969-1980", NATO and Warsaw Pact:
Intra-Bloc Conflicts eds. Mary Ann Heiss and Victor Papacosma (Kent, OH: Kent S
tate University Press, 2008), pp. 222-234.
"The Catholic Church and the Cold War's End in Europe: Vatican Ostpolitik and Po
pe John Paul II, 1985-1989", Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal,
eds. Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, and Leopoldo Nuti (London
: Routledge, 2008), pp. 64-77.
"Allied Control Council of Germany", "Germany/FRG, Armed Forces", "Germany/FRG,
Rearmament and NATO", "Hoffmann, Heinz", "Kelly, Petra Karin", "Kessler, Heinz"
in The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History e
d. Spencer C. Tucker (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 2008), pp. 72, 514-517, 579,
705, 712-13.
"The GDR in the Warsaw Pact, 1945-1989", Introduction, 27 November 2007. http://
www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collections/coll_gdr/intro.cfm?navinfo=44755
"The GDR, the FRG and the Polish October 1956" inThe Polish October in World Pol
itics ed. Jan Rowinski (Warsaw: The Polish Institute for International Affairs,
2007), pp. 197-216.
"NRD i RFN wobec polskiego pazdziernika 1956 roku", in Polski Pazdziernik 1956 w
Polityce Swiatowej ed. Jan Rowinski (Warszawa: Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynaro
dowych, 2006), pp. 191-209.
"North Korean Unification Policy in the Early 1970s (as documented in the East G
erman Archives)", Journal of History and Culture 23 (December 2005) <Hankuk Univ
ersity of Foreign Studies, Seoul>, pp. 35-58.
"Berlin Wall", "U.S.-GDR Relations, 'West Berlin" in Germany and the Americas. C
ulture, Politics, and History. A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia ed. Thomas Adam
(Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 2005), pp. 135-137, 1071-1073, 1134-1139.
"George W. Bush (2001-): Missionarische Prasidentschaft" [George W. Bush: Missi
onary Presidency] in Die amerikanischen Prasidenten. 42 historische Portrats von
George Washington bis George W. Bush [American Presidents in 42 Historical Port
raits, From George Washington to George W. Bush] eds. Jurgen Heideking and Chris
tof Mauch (Munchen: C.H. Beck, 4th edition 2005), pp. 424-437, 472-474.
"Weathering Moscow and Beijing: The GDR and North Korea, 1949-1989", Journal of
History and Culture 21 (December 2004) <Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Se
oul>, pp. 297-336.
"Weathering the Sino-Soviet Conflict. The GDR and North Korea, 1949-1989", Cold
War International History Project Bulletin 14 (2004), pp. 25-38.
"Kissinger's Shadows. A Multi-Panel Conference Report", 2004 Society for Histor
ians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Conference in Austin, TX. http://www.
h-net.org/~diplo/reports/index.html. 14 July 2004.
MEDIA
- Interviews for "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" (PBS Television), Australian Nation
al Radio, Radio Free Asia
- Consultancy for cold war history programs of Japanese TV NHK, Australian Natio
nal Radio, German Public
Television ARD and ZDF
- Advising German TV films on Laos, Cambodia, and topics of Cold War Intelligenc
e
- Articles in German and Polish print media
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German (native), English (fluent), Spanish and Russian (reading skills)
Mandarin Chinese (beginner)