Mr. Frank Mouritz is a researcher at the Bundeswehr University and seconded to the Marshall Center to act as deputy director of the joint Master’s Program in International Security Studies (MISS).

• Security and Interdependence
• Geoeconomics
• International Political Economy
• East Asian Security
• Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
• German and European Foreign Policy
• Humanitarian Interventions

06/2020    Ph.D. in International Relations, Institute of Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne

• Dissertation: The Influence of Economic Interdependence on US-China Relations - An Analysis of Economic Incentives for Continued Cooperation

09/2013    M.A. in International Politics and East Asia, University of Warwick

•  Majors: International Relations, International Political Economy, East Asian Politics

05/2012   B.Sc. in Social Sciences, University of Cologne

•   Major: Political Science & Sociology
•   Minor: Business Studies

08/2011    International Summer School, University of Seoul

•  Subjects: East Asian Politics, Culture and Economy

10/2020 “Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on China`s Belt and Road Initiative,” Connections: The Quarterly Journal, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 115-124.

09/2020 “China`s Economic Statecraft in Europe,” Per Concordiam, Vol.10, No.3, pp. 10-15.

09/2019 “China`s Economic Coercion,” in: China`s Global Influence: Perspectives and Recommendations, edited by McDonald S, Burgoyne M, pp. 174-189, Honolulu: Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

02/2016 “Die Intervention der USA im libyschen Bürgerkrieg 2011: Überdehntes Mandat als Mittel einer Grand Strategy?” Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies, 10:2, (2016):119-127.

08/2020   ECPR General Conference 2020

• Paper: “Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on China`s Belt and Road Initiative”

06/2017   ISA International Conference 2017 (Hong Kong)

• Paper: “Are Economic Ties Contributing to Trans-Pacific Peace?”
• Travel Grant: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

05/2016   Manfred-Wörner-Seminar for Transatlantic Exchange (Belgium & Germany)

• Fellowship from the German Ministry of Defense and the German Marshall Fund

03/2016  G7 Pre-Summit 2016 & Y7 Youth Summit 2016 (Japan)

• Member of the official German Youth Delegation

04/2015  IAPSS World Congress 2015, Birkbeck-University of London (United Kingdom)

• Presentation of Ph.D. project

10/2014  IAPSS Autumn Convention 2014, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)

• Paper: “Is the International Commitment to Human Rights Dwindling?”