Claire Demesmay was head of DGAP’s Franco-German Relations Program from February 2009 until August 2021.

She was previously research assistant at the Study Committee for Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) at the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) in Paris from 2002 to 2009 and taught French and Francophone studies at the Technical University Dresden from 1998 to 2002.

Demesmay studied political philosophy in Dijon and at Paris-Sorbonne University. She earned her PhD within the framework of a French-German cotutelle on “Political Liberalism and the Future of the Nation-State” at Paris-Sorbonne University and the Center for French Studies at the Technical University of Berlin.

[As of Septembre 2021]

Dr. Claire Demesmay

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Vorteilhafte Verschiedenheit

Zeit für gemeinsame außenpolitische Initiativen von Frankreich und Deutschland

Author/s
Dr. Claire Demesmay
Dr. Jana Puglierin
Laure Delcour
et al.
Policy Brief

Mind the Gap

How France and Germany Can Spearhead Joint Foreign Policy Initiatives Now

Author/s
Dr. Claire Demesmay
Dr. Jana Puglierin
Laure Delcour
et al.
Policy Brief

Raus aus der Komfortzone

Deutschland und Frankreich müssen in Europa liefern!

Author/s
Dr. Claire Demesmay
Kommentar

Say it with feeling

Germany is Europe’s de facto leader. But it needs to change its style

Author/s
Dr. Claire Demesmay
Dr. Jana Puglierin
Julian Rappold
External Publications

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