Dr Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters

About

Dr Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters completed her PhD in International Relations at the University of Kent in 2019. Her research interests lie at the intersection of European security, security cooperation and global governance with a particular focus on Europe and the transatlantic community. In her thesis titled How Member States Matter for the EU-NATO Interorganisational Relationship: A Typology she analysed how states seek to shape cooperation between the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Nele developed a typology of member states that enabled to analyse member states’ national foreign and security policy orientations, bilateral relationships and contributions to multilateral military operations. In the thesis, she also went beyond focusing on France, Germany and the UK and also examined the contributions and shaping behaviour of the Baltics, Central and Eastern European, and Southern states of both organisations.

Nele’s additional research interests include the EU’s external relations with other regional organisations such as the African Union and ASEAN, and the triangular relations between the EU, NATO and Russia. In her current research, she works on the conceptualisation of a (New) European Security Architecture through which she seeks to examine the relations and interactions between the EU, NATO, OSCE and their member states in the construction of the contemporary European security order.

Apart from her research, Nele is committee member of the UACES Graduate Forum and an active member of the BISA European Security Working Group. Her previous professional experiences include working in the European Parliament, for the European Information Centre Berlin, as project coordinator for Weltfriedensdienst eV, a Berlin-based NGO, and teaching at University of Kent and University College London.

Website: https://ewerspeters.wordpress.com