Areas of Expertise

  • Security and defense policy
  • Germany’s Zeitenwende
  • European security order
  • Western defense cooperation
  • Integrated security concepts

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Dr. Hans-Peter Bartels is president of the Society for Security Policy (GSP). From October 2024 to July 2025, he also served as the interim head of the Center for Security and Defense at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). From 1998 to 2015, he was a Member of the German Bundestag, serving as Chairman of the Defense Committee from 2014 to 2015 and as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces from 2015 to 2020.

Languages

German, English

[Last updated: August 2025]

Dr. Hans-Peter Bartels

Former Interim Head, Center for Security and Defense

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