
Hans STARK
Secrétaire général du Comité d'études des relations franco-allemandes (Cerfa) de l'Ifri
Domaines d'expertise:
- Allemagne contemporaine : politique intérieure, politique étrangère
- Relations franco-allemandes : problèmes de sécurité, construction européenne
- Intégration européenne : histoire de la construction européenne, politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
Après avoir obtenu le diplôme, puis le DEA de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris (en 1987 puis en 1990) dans les sections « Relations internationales » et « Études est-européennes », Hans Stark a réalisé une thèse de doctorat en sciences politiques consacrée à la politique européenne de l’Allemagne et soutenue en 2001 à la Sorbonne (Université Paris I). En 2011, il a obtenu l'habilitation à diriger des recherches de l'Université Lille 3 en études germaniques.
Depuis 1991, Hans Stark est secrétaire général du Comité d’études des relations franco-allemandes (Cerfa) à l’Institut français des relations internationales, où il consacre l’essentiel de ses travaux à la politique étrangère et à la politique européenne de l’Allemagne. Il enseigne parallèlement à l’Université, d’abord en tant que chargé de cours à Sciences-Po (depuis 2002), puis en tant que maître de conférences à l'Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (entre 2005 et 2012). En 2012, il a été nommé professeur de civilisation allemande contemporaine à l'Université Paris-Sorbonne.
Il est également membre des comités des rédactions des revues Politique étrangère et Allemagne d’aujourd’hui, du laboratoire de recherche SIRICE de la Sorbonne et du Conseil d’orientation (Beirat) de la Fondation Genshagen.
French Foreign Policy in the Age of Polycrisis in Sicherheit und Frieden, Security and Peace, 3/2019
Under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, France has set itself the goal of strengthening its international presence, being more proactive and defining the European reform agenda. However, the French room for manoeuver is limited.
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, celebrations have taken a disappointing turn. The electoral successes of the far-right German party AfD (Alternative for Germany (in German: Alternative für Deutschland)) in Saxony, Brandenburg and Thuringia in...
Even though the CDU-CSU led Grand Coalition was renewed following the German legislative elections of 24 September 2017, and even though Angela Merkel was re-elected chancellor a fourth consecutive term, the country has entered a period of growing political uncertainty. The formation of a new...
Angela Merkel is gaining thanks to her international standing and the weakness of her Social-Democrat opponent.
France’s current presidential campaign has created an unprecedented situation fuelled by revelations and a total absence of restraint, but it has not truly taken account of the disruptions of the last year: Brexit, the attempted coup in Turkey, the election of Donald Trump, the recapturing of...
The AfD - Alternative for Germany – founded in opposition to Angela Merkel’s policy line of supporting southern European countries, has quickly become part of the political family of "right-wing populism" in Europe, with whom it cultivates close ties.
What will become of US foreign policy under Donald Trump? A selection of Ifri researchers has come together to offer their thoughts on this question. Our experts cover an array of topics through 14 contributions, ranging from the future Sino-American relations, through US engagement in the...
Pictures are an integral part of the process of conveying the state and character of French-German relations. Such pictures highlight not only justified criticisms but also prejudices and clichés. The use of these pictures has intensified since 2008 because the financial and EU crises...
Are we returning to “The German Question”, which we thought had been dealt with at unification? Although “The German Question” has deep historical roots, its return is indicative of a European crisis: economic fractures, institutions in deadlock, relative withdrawal of France and the UK on...
Germany’s responsibility in the two global conflicts reflects, among other things, the German military’s desire to free itself from political control and the depth to which the Wehrmacht was immersed into Nazi ideology and a Nazi state whose orders it never really contested.