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'''Volker Perthes''' is a German [[political scientist]]. He was director and Executive Chairman of the [[German Institute for International and Security Affairs]] (which was founded in 1962 under the direction of the [[CIA]]), and a member of the deep state [[Atlantik-Brücke]]. Perthes is frequently chosen as commentator in [[Germany/media|German state and corporate media]] on German and European foreign policy, international relations and geopolitics, as well as on the [[Middle East]]. He attended the [[Bilderberg/2007|2007]] and  [[2008 Bilderberg meeting]]s.
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==Education==
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After studying [[political science]] at the [[University of Duisburg]], Perthes received a graduate scholarship from the [[German Academic Exchange Service]], with which he conducted research in [[Damascus]] from [[1986]] to [[1987]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170521164345/https://www.daad.de/der-daad/unsere-aufgaben/alumniarbeit/alumni-galerie/portraits/de/39732-prof-dr-volker-perthes/</ref> He received his doctorate in Duisburg in [[1990]].
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==Career==
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From 1991 to 1993, Perthes was an assistant professor at the [[American University of Beirut]] and then taught at the Universities of Duisburg, [[University of Münster|Münster]] and [[University of Munich|Munich]].
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Since 1992 Volker Perthes has been working for the [[German Institute for International and Security Affairs]] (SWP). The main task of the SWP is to advise the German [[Bundestag]] and the Federal Government on all issues of foreign and security policy. Until April 2005, Volker Perthes headed the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]] Research Group, from October 2005 to September 2020 he was director of the SWP.<ref>https://www.swp-berlin.org/presse/detail/stefan-mair-neuer-swp-direktor</ref> He continued to teach as an adjunct professor at the [[Humboldt University]] and as an honorary professor at [[Free University of Berlin]] until [[2019]].
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In September [[2015]], Perthes was called by the UN Special Representative for [[Syria]], [[Staffan de Mistura]], to the [[UN]] talks for a peace process in Syria, initially as Assistant Secretary General/Senior Advisor to the UN Special Representative. Since October 2016, he has headed the Cease Fire Task Force (CTF). In January 2021, Perthes was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for [[Sudan]] and head of the new UN mission UNITAMS.<ref>https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/german-volker-peretz-to-become-head-of-un-support-mission-in-sudan</ref>
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Due to the ongoing fighting in Khartoum and other cities, the UNITAMS mission under the leadership of Perthes moved to Port Sudan to continue its mission in a safer environment. On June 8, 2023, Sudanese general and de facto head of government [[Abdel Fattah Burhan]] declared Perthes, who was outside the country, an "undesirable person".<ref>https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/sudan-uno-gesandter-volker-perthes-zur-unerwuenschten-person-erklaert-a-6b79095d-ee1c-49be-8484-034aef5e5f14</ref> He was accused of encouraging the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to take up arms against the Sudanese army.
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After initially trying to carry out his job from outside the country, Perthes submitted his resignation on September 13, 2023. In view of the continuing military clashes in Sudan, he considered it impossible to effectively carry out his work from the outside.
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Following his work for the United Nations in Sudan, Perthes was appointed in October 2023 as head of the independent strategic review of the United Nations Assistance Mission for [[Iraq]] (UNAMI), which was launched by Security Council Resolution 2682.<ref>https://press.un.org/en/2023/sga2234.doc.htm</ref>
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==="Rules-based international order"===
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[[QB|An alliance of willing states must devise international rules without raising the suspicion that this is about Western dominance.<ref>https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/die-ordnung-der-welt</ref>}}
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==Board positions==
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Prior to his nomination for the UN in Sudan, Perthes was a member of a number of advisory boards, including the [[Shanghai Institute for International Studies]] (SIIS),<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035741/http://www.siis.org.cn/Content/List/4TY1RZVLQ6R3</ref> as chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the [[Finnish Institute of International Affairs]] (FIIA),<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151109013848/http://www.fiia.fi/en/info/71/</ref> and the [[Robert Bosch]] International Advisory Council.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170906234642/https://assets.bosch.com/media/global/bosch_group/our_figures/pdf/bosch-geschaeftsbericht-2016.pdf</ref>
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Born16 May 1958
Duisburg-Homberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Duisburg, University of Bochum
Member ofAtlantic Bridge (Germany), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Trilateral Commission
German spooky double Bilderberger "security" academic, frequently chosen as commentator in German state and corporate media. TLC

Volker Perthes is a German political scientist. He was director and Executive Chairman of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (which was founded in 1962 under the direction of the CIA), and a member of the deep state Atlantik-Brücke. Perthes is frequently chosen as commentator in German state and corporate media on German and European foreign policy, international relations and geopolitics, as well as on the Middle East. He attended the 2007 and 2008 Bilderberg meetings.

Education

After studying political science at the University of Duisburg, Perthes received a graduate scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, with which he conducted research in Damascus from 1986 to 1987.[1] He received his doctorate in Duisburg in 1990.

Career

From 1991 to 1993, Perthes was an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut and then taught at the Universities of Duisburg, Münster and Munich.

Since 1992 Volker Perthes has been working for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). The main task of the SWP is to advise the German Bundestag and the Federal Government on all issues of foreign and security policy. Until April 2005, Volker Perthes headed the Middle East and Africa Research Group, from October 2005 to September 2020 he was director of the SWP.[2] He continued to teach as an adjunct professor at the Humboldt University and as an honorary professor at Free University of Berlin until 2019.

In September 2015, Perthes was called by the UN Special Representative for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to the UN talks for a peace process in Syria, initially as Assistant Secretary General/Senior Advisor to the UN Special Representative. Since October 2016, he has headed the Cease Fire Task Force (CTF). In January 2021, Perthes was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan and head of the new UN mission UNITAMS.[3]

Due to the ongoing fighting in Khartoum and other cities, the UNITAMS mission under the leadership of Perthes moved to Port Sudan to continue its mission in a safer environment. On June 8, 2023, Sudanese general and de facto head of government Abdel Fattah Burhan declared Perthes, who was outside the country, an "undesirable person".[4] He was accused of encouraging the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to take up arms against the Sudanese army.

After initially trying to carry out his job from outside the country, Perthes submitted his resignation on September 13, 2023. In view of the continuing military clashes in Sudan, he considered it impossible to effectively carry out his work from the outside.

Following his work for the United Nations in Sudan, Perthes was appointed in October 2023 as head of the independent strategic review of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which was launched by Security Council Resolution 2682.[5]

"Rules-based international order"

[[QB|An alliance of willing states must devise international rules without raising the suspicion that this is about Western dominance.[6]}}

Board positions

Prior to his nomination for the UN in Sudan, Perthes was a member of a number of advisory boards, including the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS),[7] as chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA),[8] and the Robert Bosch International Advisory Council.[9]


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Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/200731 May 20073 June 2007Turkey
Istanbul		The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey
Bilderberg/20085 June 20088 June 2008US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
Brussels Forum/2007Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/200920092009Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
Munich
Bavaria		An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20123 February 20125 February 2012Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
Munich
Bavaria		"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170521164345/https://www.daad.de/der-daad/unsere-aufgaben/alumniarbeit/alumni-galerie/portraits/de/39732-prof-dr-volker-perthes/
  2. ↑ https://www.swp-berlin.org/presse/detail/stefan-mair-neuer-swp-direktor
  3. ↑ https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/german-volker-peretz-to-become-head-of-un-support-mission-in-sudan
  4. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/sudan-uno-gesandter-volker-perthes-zur-unerwuenschten-person-erklaert-a-6b79095d-ee1c-49be-8484-034aef5e5f14
  5. ↑ https://press.un.org/en/2023/sga2234.doc.htm
  6. ↑ https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/die-ordnung-der-welt
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035741/http://www.siis.org.cn/Content/List/4TY1RZVLQ6R3
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151109013848/http://www.fiia.fi/en/info/71/
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170906234642/https://assets.bosch.com/media/global/bosch_group/our_figures/pdf/bosch-geschaeftsbericht-2016.pdf
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