Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

GIGA expert Prof. Dr. Patrck Köllner explains the rationale for opening a German embassy in Suva and discusses possible foci of Germany's Pacific policy.

Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock zu Gast in China: GIGA-Experte Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner kommentiert im Interview bei WDR 5 die China-Strategie der Bundesregierung und ordnet die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Interessen Deutschlands gegenüber China ein.

Patrick Köllner's contribution to the Devpolicy blog, Australian National University, was carried by the Solomon Times, Honiara.

This article examines Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’, a signature foreign policy initiative of the Scott Morrison government (2018‒2022), from a signalling perspective. It also explains why Solomon Islands signed a security agreement with China in 2022 despite Australia’s wooing of Pacific Island countries.

This new book on comparative area studies (CAS) focuses on the openness of CAS’ to interpretive approaches and showcases strategies for leveraging CAS for causal analysis. It features efforts to rethink the logic, scale and purpose of comparison and promotes CAS’ role in deepening the interface between comparative politics and IR. Finally, it considers organizational challenges to advancing CAS.

This edited volume is a product of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. Fourteen scholars based in France, Germany, and the Netherlands examine different conceptions of order in the Indo-Pacific and analyse the agency of small and middle powers in that strategic space.

This article examines Australia's and New Zealand's policies towards the (South) Pacific. A context-sensitive, paired comparison reveals significant differences with respect to security and migration policies. These difference exist alongside the many similarities and joint approaches in the two Australasian countries' relations with and policies towards the Pacific.

This volume, co-edited by Patrick Köllner, was published in late 2021 by Palgrave Macmillan. The book brings together a unique team of academics and practitioners to analyse interests, institutions, and issues affecting and affected by the transition from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific.

This edited volume discusses the epistemological and methodological orientations of comparative area studies (CAS) and the promises and potential pitfalls of this approach. The second part of the book demonstrates how cross-regional comparisons can shed new light on a range of important substantive topics.

Australia and New Zealand have in recent years been at the forefront of the growing confrontation between the ‘West’ and China. In this article, Patrick Köllner takes stock of and compares the Australian and New Zealand recalibrations of their China policies, highlighting similarities as well as differences.

The Pacific Islands region is increasingly on Germany’s foreign policy radar. This Focus examines the challenges faced by this world region, takes stock of extant ties with Germany, and discusses possible future key areas of cooperation here.

Diese Gastkolumne, die auch im Tagesspiegel erscheint, fragt danach, ob deutsche Marineeinsätze im Indo-Pazifik sinnvoll und notwendig sind. Sie diskutiert Pro und Contra derartiger Einsätze und regt eine öffentliche Debatte zum Thema an.

GIGA expert Prof. Dr. Patrck Köllner explains the rationale for opening a German embassy in Suva and discusses possible foci of Germany's Pacific policy.

Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock zu Gast in China: GIGA-Experte Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner kommentiert im Interview bei WDR 5 die China-Strategie der Bundesregierung und ordnet die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Interessen Deutschlands gegenüber China ein.

Patrick Köllner's contribution to the Devpolicy blog, Australian National University, was carried by the Solomon Times, Honiara.