Eberhard Sandschneider
 Eberhard Sandschneider      (academic) | |
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| Born | 1955 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Saarland University |
| Member of | Atlantic Bridge (Germany), Atlantic Initiative |
| Interests | East Asia |
German Asia expert who attended Bilderberg/2004. | |
Professor Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider is is a German political scientist and East Asia expert. He attended the 2004 Bilderberg meeting, where one of the subjects was Is China Changing the World?
Education
Eberhard Sandschneider completed his studies in English, Classical Philology and Political Science at the Saarland University in 1981. In 1986 he received his doctorate on the subject of his dissertation Military and Politics in the People's Republic of China, 1969-1985. In 1993 he completed his habilitation with the thesis Stability and Transformation of Political Systems.
Career
From 1995 to 1998 he taught as a professor of International Relations at the University of Mainz. Since 1998, Sandschneider has been teaching as a professor of political science, with a focus on Chinese politics and international relations, at Free University of Berlin. From October 1999 to March 2001 he was the Managing Director of the Otto Suhr Institute at the university. Between 2003 and 2016, he was also the "Otto Wolff Director" of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations.
His research focuses on German foreign policy, transatlantic relations, international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, comparative transformation research and the political systems of China and Taiwan. In his works, he repeatedly deals with the decline of Europe and the rise of China. Sandschneider is a member of the board of trustees of Journalists Network. From September 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy. Sandschneider is a partner of the consulting institute "Berlin Global Advisors".[1]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
| Brussels Forum/2007 | Belgium 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/2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 45th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2010 | 5 February 2010 | 7 February 2010 | Germany 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/2011 | 4 February 2011 | 6 February 2011 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 47th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2014 | 31 January 2014 | 2 February 2014 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 50th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2015 | 6 February 2015 | 8 February 2015 | Germany 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/2016 | 12 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 52nd Munich Security Conference |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
