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Susanne Gratius

Senior Researcher

Susanne Gratius is a senior researcher at FRIDE. Prior to joining FRIDE, she worked as a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, and at the Iberoamerican Studies Institute (IIK), Hamburg. Until 1999, she was coordinator at the EuropeanLatin American Relations Institute (IRELA), Madrid.  She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg.

Her research focuses on EU-Latin American relations, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, and emerging powers. Amongst her publications are ‘Desperately seeking an EU policy towards Venezuela’ (New Europe, 25 April 2010); ‘Reality check’ (Global Europe, 22 October 2009); ‘Apertura y cierre de Cuba’ (Foreign Policy Spanish Edition, February-March 2009); and 'Biregionalism in a globalizing world: the Latin American view' (with Mónica Rubiolo) and 'EU-MERCOSUR relations as a learning experience for biregionalism' in Wolf Grabendorff and Reimund Seidelmann (eds.), Relations between the European Union and Latin America. Biregionalism in a changing global system (Nomos, 2005).

Geo tags

European Union Latin America & Caribbean

Expert in

Authoritarian regimes Brazil Cuba Democracy Democracy promotion EU Foreign Policy Failed states Mercosur Multilateralism Regional powers Venezuela

Spoken languages

English, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Written languages

English, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Expert publications

• 23/07/2010 - Venezuela

• 11/05/2010 - The EU and the vicious circle of poverty and insecurity in Latin America

• 21/01/2010 - The post-crisis rise of Latin America

• 12/01/2010 - Why does Spain not have a policy for Latin America?

• 28/10/2009 - Chavez's new laws demand an International response

• 24/04/2009 - The Summit of the Americas from a European perspective

• 21/04/2009 - Iran and Venezuela: bilateral alliance and global power projections

• 23/03/2009 - Bolivia and Venezuela: different political paths

• 05/03/2009 - Canadian-Spanish Dialogue on Cuba

• 19/12/2008 - Cuba: the legacy of a revolution

• 13/11/2008 - European-cuban academic views on the economy, development and cooperation

• 17/10/2008 - India, Brazil and South Africa: lessons from the New Delhi summit

• 24/07/2008 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?

• 25/06/2008 - The EU opens a new phase in its relations with Cuba

• 27/05/2008 - The European-Latin American Summit: towards selective bilateralism?

• 30/04/2008 - Emerging powers: stabilisers or destabilisers?

• 10/04/2008 - A South American NATO? Brazil and the chances for a South American Defence Council

• 09/03/2008 - Cuba: between continuity and change

• 21/02/2008 - Cuba: the end of an era

• 11/12/2007 - Chavez' failure at the polls opens a new horizon in Venezuelan politics

• 03/12/2007 - Cuba: change and continuity in the 21st century

• 20/11/2007 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?

• 08/11/2007 - What to expect from the XVII Ibero-American Summit?

• 31/10/2007 - The "Third Populist Wave" of Latin America

• 10/09/2007 - European Union External Democracy Promotion

• 01/09/2007 - Is the politicial dialogue between the European Union and Latin America useful?

• 16/07/2007 - Brazil: insecurity in democracy

• 14/06/2007 - The European Union and South American Populism

• 01/04/2007 - The External Actors and Cuba after Fidel

• 01/04/2007 - Brazil in the Americas: a regional peace broker?

• 01/03/2007 - Hugo Chávez' "Revolution": a leftist project or historic populism?

• 01/11/2006 - Lula again: regional influence without leadership?

• 01/10/2006 - Forum Spain-Cuba: Spanish Policy and the future of Cuba

• 15/09/2006 - ¿Transición de Castro a Castro?: ensayando el futuro

• 07/11/2005 - The iberoamerican summit in Salamanca: from a cultural community to a political alliance?

• 31/10/2005 - Helping Castro? EU and US policies towards Cuba

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