Areas of Expertise

  • Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
  • Feminist approaches to foreign and security policy
  • Human security
  • German and European foreign policy

Short Bio

Leonie Stamm has been a research fellow in DGAP’s Europe Center since 2021. Her work focuses on foreign and security policy, gender, the role of civil society, and the domestic dimensions of foreign policy. She also heads the study groups “Strategic Issues,” “European Policy,” and – in cooperation – “Global Challenges.” These groups bring members of the German Bundestag together with high-ranking representatives from ministries and experts in a confidential setting to facilitate debate on strategic issues related to German and European positions and to develop concrete options for action.

Previously, Stamm worked at the Körber Foundation in the department of international affairs where she was involved in the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum and the Körber Policy Game. She was also part of the Körber Strategic Stability Initiative where she worked on new ideas and approaches to the topics of strategic stability and the future of arms control.

During her master’s program at the European University Viadrina, Stamm focused on German and European foreign and security policy, and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, in particular its implementation in Lebanon. She completed her bachelor’s degree in comparative studies in culture and religions and Middle Eastern studies in Marburg. Previous activities led her to the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe, the Expert Council on Integration and Migration, and the Cairo office of the German Academic Exchange Service.

Languages

German, English, French

 

[Last updated: September 2026]

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Publications

Die Zeitenwende, die ungleich ankommt

Der Einfluss der Außenpolitik auf die Innenpolitik wächst. Das führt zu divergierenden Debatten. Gerade in Transformationsregionen denkt man anders.

Author/s
Friedrich Opitz
Leonie Stamm
IP Special
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Union der Gleichheit

Wie Frontrunner-Gruppen Gendergerechtigkeit vorantreiben – und andere sie zurückdrehen
Author/s
Leonie Stamm
Die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter ist ein EU-Grundwert, dessen Fortschritte zunehmend verteidigt werden müssen.
Memo

Pushing Back the Pushback? WPS, Power Politics, and Liberal Retreat

Author/s
Leonie Stamm
Twenty-five years after its adoption, the Women, Peace and Security agenda is operating within a different political landscape. Power politics is returning, militarization is accelerating, and the anti-rights pushback is intensifying.
Externe Publikationen

From Values to Strategic Interests

Credibly Reframing EU Foreign Policy
Author/s
Leonie Stamm
Julia Ganter
The EU’s credibility as a values-based actor is eroding – both at home and abroad. But would the world be better off if the EU stopped trying to base its foreign policy on values altogether? We argue: no, it clearly would not.
Externe Publikationen

Beyond Values

How Feminist Foreign Policy Serves Strategic Interests
Author/s
Leonie Stamm
There are many normative reasons to adopt a Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP), such as building a more just and peaceful world, decreasing gender inequality, dismantling power hierarchies, and fostering stronger inclusion of civil society and marginalized expertise in policymaking.
Externe Publikationen

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