Tom Enders
Who was the head of German Council on Foreign Relations in Feb 2020?
German Council on Foreign Relations The German Council on Foreign Relations ( ) is Germanys national foreign policy network . As an independent , private , non-partisan and non-profit organisation , the Council actively takes part in political decision-making and promotes the understanding of German foreign policy and international relations . It serves as forum for foreign policy and facilitates a comprehensive network of political , economic and academic decision makers . The institution aims at linking foreign politicians to the German public . History . The association was founded in 1955 in Bonn . The model for the foundation was in many respects the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Chatham House in London . The first president of the newly founded DGAP was the CDU politician , diplomat and entrepreneur Günther Henle . In Bonn , the DGAP was seated in the villa at Joachimstraße 7 between 1956 and 1959 and then in the Villa Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 6 between 1965-1966 . In 1965 it acquired the former House of Craftsmen at Adenauerallee 131a in Bonn , including the Villa Adenauerallee 131 , which in later years served as a logo of DGAP , for the first time its own building . It served as headquarters of the DGAP from April 1966 to 1999 . The current seat of the DGAP is the building of the Yugoslav embassy in the embassy district in Berlin-Tiergarten . Activities . Internationally known as the German Council on Foreign Relations , the DGAP sees itself as a practical think tank offering demand-driven policy advice on a scientific basis . It works to actively influence the foreign policy opinion-forming at all levels . Its work is aimed at decision-makers in German politics , business , public administration , in NGOs , in the military and to the general public . DGAP publishes the bimonthly journal Internationale Politik . Also , it is among other organisers of the EU-Russia Forum . The Council provides : - A platform for discussions at conferences and in study group meetings as well as at public events . - Policy oriented analyses from research institute fellows . - Authoritative publications on contemporary topics by its journal Internationale Politik , the Jahrbuch Internationale Politik as well as in the publications from the research institute . - Expert and extensive documentation by its library and documentation section . High-level guest speakers have in recent years included Angela Merkel ( 2006 ) , Christine Lagarde ( 2012 ) , Ali Akbar Salehi ( 2013 ) , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( 2014 ) , Mohammad Javad Zarif ( 2015 ) , Paolo Gentiloni ( 2015 ) , Volodymyr Groysman ( 2018 ) , Nikos Kotzias ( 2018 ) and Nirmala Sitharaman ( 2019 ) . Network . The DGAP is a member of the European Movement Germany . Controversy . In 2019 , Microsoft announced that it had detected cyberattacks , which occurred between September and December 2018 , targeting employees of the DGAP ; they are believed to have originated from a group called Strontium . Governance . Leadership . - 1955-1973 – Günther Henle - 1973-1981 – Kurt Birrenbach - 1987-1993 – Christian Peter Henle - 1993-1999 – Werner Lamby - 1999-2001 – Ulrich Cartellieri - 2001-2003 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher - 2003-2005 – Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim - 2005-2019 – Arend Oetker - 2019-present – Tom Enders Funding . DGAP is financed through the contributions of its members , acquired project funds and contributions from sponsors and patrons , including among others , the Federal Foreign Office , Deutsche Bank , the Airbus and the Robert Bosch Foundation . Notable members . Prominent members are the former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher , the former President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker , as well as some other famous German politicians and academics Volker Rühe , Günter Verheugen , Klaus von Dohnanyi , Eberhard Diepgen , Theodor Waigel , Michael Glos , Friedbert Pflüger , Rudolf Scharping , Dieter Schulte , Manfred Stolpe , Rita Süssmuth , and Antje Vollmer . External links . - Homepage - Homepage Internationale Politik