Dominik Tolksdorf joined the IES in November 2011 as a member of the research cluster “EU foreign and security policy”. Since January 2011, he is an associate assistant professor at Vesalius College Brussels. Dominik’s research interests include the EU’s foreign policy system, its pre-accession policies and political developments in the western Balkans and Turkey.

Dominik’s current research is on the functioning of the European External Action Service. In this context, he is preparing a study on the role of the EU Special Representatives in the EU’s post-Lisbon foreign policy system. In 2011, he has also worked as a fellow in the European Stability Initiative’s project “A changing Turkey and critical Europe”, in which he analysed the debate on Turkish politics in Belgium.

Dominik holds a B.A. in Political Science, Contemporary History and American Studies from the University of Bochum and an MSc in European Politics, Economics and Law from the University of Turku (Finland). In February 2011, he defended his PhD dissertation on “The coherence in the EU’s policies towards Bosnia and Herzegovina: The role of interventionist and local ownership approaches in the EU’s strategy-making” (in German) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2005, Dominik has worked for several European think tanks and research institutes, including the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP) at the University of Munich where he worked as research fellow between 2006 and 2009.

Tolksdorf, D., 2012. The Role of the EU Special Representatives in EU Foreign Policy: An Added Value for the European External Action Service? Salzburg: Herbert Batliner Europainstitut (forthcoming).

Tolksdorf, D., 2011. Der Einsatz von Konditionalität durch die Europäische Union bei den Verhandlungen um eine Polizeireform in Bosnien-Herzegowina, Südosteuropa, 4, pp.412-447.

Tolksdorf, D., 2011. Stuck between State- and Member State-Building Processes: The Difficulties of the European Union in Supporting the Europeanization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Budapest: Center for EU Enlargement Studies – Central European University.

Tolksdorf, D., 2011. The European Union’s Role in the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus: Potential Obstacles in its Support for Reform Processes. In David Bosold, Petr Drulák and Nikola Hynek, eds. Democratisation and Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet States. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp.173-192.

Tolksdorf, D., 2010. Russia’s Response to the Eastern Partnership in the First Eighteen Months: From Opposition to Gradual Participation? Warsaw: Centre for Eastern Studies. 

Tolksdorf, D., 2009. Die Rolle der Europäischen Union im westlichen Balkan und im südlichen Kaukasus: Welche Hindernisse bestehen bei der Unterstützung von Reformprozessen? Südosteuropa Mitteilungen, 3, pp.66-81.

Tolksdorf, D., 2009. Der Einfluss von EU-Akteuren auf Reformprozesse in Bosnien-Herzegowina. In Das Ende des postsozialistischen Raums? (Ent-)Regionalisierung in Osteuropa - Beiträge für die 17. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten. Bremen: Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, pp.123-126.

Schäffer, S. & Tolksdorf, D., 2009. Dispute between Russia and Ukraine Settled? Strategies for the EU to Get Out of the Gas Trap. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2009. Kosovo Precedent: Applicable in many Parts of the World, but not directly in the South Caucasus, Caucasian Review of International Affairs, 3(1), pp.103-107.

Schäffer, S. & Tolksdorf, D., 2009. The Eastern Partnership: ‘ENP plus’ for Europe's Eastern Neighbours. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Schäffer, S. & Tolksdorf, D. eds., 2009. The EU Member States and the Eastern Neighbourhood: From Composite to Consistent EU Foreign Policy?, Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2008. Kosovo erklärt die Unabhängigkeit: Ein weiterer Schritt im Prozess internationaler Staatsbildung. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2008. Vor der EU-Mission: Spannungen zwischen Prishtina und Brüssel. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

García-Schmidt, A. & Tolksdorf, D., 2007. Kosovo: What Next? The Cornerstones of a New EU Policy. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Foundation.

Tolksdorf, D., 2007. Die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft und Südosteuropa: Zwischen Kosovo-Statusentscheidung und Fortführung des Beitrittsprozesses. In W. Weidenfeld, ed. Bilanz der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft, Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research, pp.46-53.

Tolksdorf, D. & Vilovski, M., 2007. EU-Beitrittsprozess der westlichen Balkanstaaten vor einer ungewissen Zukunft: Vier Szenarien zu den Entwicklungen in Südosteuropa und der Europäischen Union. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2007. Implementing the Ahtisaari Proposal: The European Union's Future Role in Kosovo. Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.
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Tolksdorf, D., 2007. The Western Balkans in the Wake of the Ahtisaari Proposal: Fields of Action on the Path Leading to EU Membership. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Foundation.
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Tolksdorf, D., 2007. Wiederaufnahme der Verhandlungen mit Belgrad: Wie kooperationsbereit ist die serbische Regierung gegenüber der EU tatsächlich? Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2006. Aufnahme der Westbalkanstaaten in NATO's "Partnerschaft für den Frieden": Verliert das westliche Bündnis an Glaubwürdigkeit? Munich: Center for Applied Policy Research.

Tolksdorf, D., 2006. Prepared for New Challenges? The EU as Security Actor in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In S. Liekis, ed. European Union and its New Neighborhood: Different Countries, Common Interests, Vol. 2. Vilnius: Mykolas Romeris University Publishing House, pp.214-233.

Tolksdorf, D., 2006. The EU Crisis Management in the Western Balkans. Budapest: Institute for Peace and Conflict Research – Eötvös Loránd University.

Tolksdorf, D., 2005. Security in Kosovo: What the EU Can Learn. In S. Liekis, ed. European Union and its New Neighborhood: Different Countries, Common Interests, Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mykolas Romeris University Publishing House, pp.107-123.