Areas of Expertise

  • French foreign and security policy
  • Franco-German relations
  • Franco-German cross-border cooperation

Short Bio

Jacob Ross is research fellow at DGAP where he focuses on France and Franco-German relations. He had initially joined the program as a research assistant in June 2021. Previously, he worked as a research assistant at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels. He had already gained experience within the Franco-German context while working at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and during his work as a parliamentary assistant to Sabine Thillaye, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly.

Ross also received the majority of his academic training in France: first, within a Franco-German double-degree program at the Institute of Political Science (IEP) in Lille and, later, at the IEP in Paris and at the Ecole nationale d'administration (Ena) in Strasbourg. He also studied at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna while earning a master’s degree in international relations and economics.

Languages

German, French, English

 

[Last updated: February 2024]

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Publications

Die Anti-Macrons

Frankreichs Rechtsaußen und ihre Vision der EU
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Jacob Ross
Nicolas Téterchen
Policy Brief

France, Germany, and the Nature of Europe

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The Franco-German relationship remains irreplaceable for the EU. But it urgently needs to be renewed to include European goals.

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Deutschland, Frankreich und das Wesen Europas

Das deutsch-französische Verhältnis bleibt für die EU unersetzlich. Doch es bedarf einer Erneuerung, mit europäischen Zielen, und das dringend. 

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