Eberhard Sandschneider

• Director
  German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

1981, graduate in English Language and Literature, Latin, History and Political Science, Saar University; 1986, PhD, Saar University. Chairs of Political Science, universities of Potsdam, Erlangen-Nürnberg and Mainz; 1995-98, Professor for International Relations, Mainz; currently, Director, Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations. Concurrently, Chair, Chinese Politics and International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin; Director, Center for Chinese and East Asian Politics. Published or edited ten books and made numerous contributions to academic publications focusing on Chinese and East Asian politics, international relations in Asia Pacific, systems transformation and democratization and the impact of international relations on domestic political development.