Prof. hon. Dr. Mathias Jopp studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Gießen and the University of Frankfurt, Diploma in Economics (Dipl. rer. oec.), University of Gießen, PhD in Political Science. He is Director of the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin (IEP), editor of the quarterly journal “integration” and member of the editorial board of the “Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik”, reviewer of the VolkswagenStiftung and of the European Research Council and teaches at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. Areas of interest: European security studies and foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany.