Hans-Joachim Hoppe

Hans -Joachim Hoppe ( born September 22, 1945 in Hilden near Dusseldorf ) is a German political scientist, journalist and expert on Eastern Europe.

Studies and PhD

He finished high school at the prestigious Helmholtz -Gymnasium Hilden. His study of history, Slavic studies and political science, he joined in 1977 with a thesis on the " German - Bulgarian relations in World War II " from. The work is based on the files of the German Foreign Office in Bonn / Berlin and the Military Archive in Freiburg, and was released in 1979 in the studies of the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich. The dissertation was awarded a prize of the Southeast Europe Association Munich and the University of Cologne.

Career

After completing his PhD at Günther Stökl, one of the leading Eastern European historian, was Hoppe lecturer at the Department of East European History at the University of Cologne. From 1976 to 2010 he was Head of Department of German, Slavic and East Asian Languages ​​at the People's University in Cologne in the main profession.

Besides his work, he published numerous articles in the magazines " Eastern Europe " and "South East Europe ", in edited by Gerhard Wettig magazine " Foreign Policy. German Foreign Affairs " and in the reports of the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, Cologne (now SWP Berlin). Currently, he observed the current developments in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. He also deals with issues of multiculturalism, particularly the Ukrainian diaspora, the example of the U.S. and Canada.

In September 1997, during the final phase of the Serbian President Slobodan Milošević Hoppe was used as an OSCE election observer in Serbia.

Hoppe is a member of the Federation of East European historians, the Southeast Europe Association Munich and the German -Canadian society. He is a freelance employee of the Eurasian magazine.

Writings (selection )

  • Todor Zhivkov - A political biography. In: Eastern Europe. 5/1978, pp. 399-408.
  • The profile of the new political elite in Albania. Reports of the Federal Institute for Russian, East European and International Studies 5 /1993.
  • Vaclav Klaus - Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. A portrait. In: Eastern Europe. 11/1993, pp. 1083-1087.
  • The situation in the Central and Eastern European countries. In: Foreign Policy. ( German Foreign Affairs Review ), 2/ 1994, pp. 134-145.
  • The political scene in the Republic of Macedonia. Reports of the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, 47 /1995.
  • The profile of the new Bulgarian elite. Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, 2/ 1996.
  • The Russian IFOR contingent in Bosnia. A report. In: Eastern Europe Archives. 1996, pp. A633 - A637.
  • The Russian Balkan policy. In: Foreign Policy. 1/1998, pp. 44-52.
  • The political leadership of the Milošević regime. Reports of the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, No. 26/ 1999.
  • Saeson for kings! Does the Bulgarian model school? In: Southeastern Europe releases. 3/2002, pp. 54-66.

Internet Publications (selection )

  • Russia: Medvedev's squad, German wave, Focus East at 28 May 2009.
  • Nakhichevan - an outpost of Azerbaijan, Eurasia Magazine, Issue 8-9, August 2, 2011.
  • The Circassians - an unknown people awake, Eurasian Magazine, Issue 10, October 2, 2011.
  • Russia on capital search - Will the Kremlin moved to Siberia, Eurasian Magazine, Issue 6, June 2, 2012? .
  • Tajikistan: President candidate Bobonasarova challenges the autocrats Rahmon, Eurasian Magazine, Issue 10-13, October 3rd 2013.
  • The Bridge of Kerch: Russia wants to build on the Kerch Strait, a bridge, Eurasian Magazine, March 21, 2014.
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