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Susanne Gratius
Senior Researcher
Susanne Gratius is a senior researcher at FRIDE since 2005. Prior to joining the organisation, she worked as a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, and at the Ibero-American Studies Institute (IIK, now GIGA), Hamburg. Until 1999, she was coordinator at the European-Latin American Relations Institute (IRELA), Madrid. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg and the University Complutense of Madrid.
Her research focuses on EU-Latin American relations, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, and emerging powers. Amongst her latest publications are ‘El triángulo atlántico: arquitecturas multilaterales y reajuste de poder entre nuevas y viejas potencias’, in: Pensamiento Iberoamericano 8, 2011/1, pp. 3-23; (with José Antonio Sanahuja), ‘Europa y América Latina: entre el olvido y la renovación’, in: Política Exterior 135, May-June 2010, pp. 122-136; ‘La política de la Unión Europea en el triángulo Cuba, EE.UU., España’, in: Temas 62-63 (Cuba-United States), 2010; (with Thomas Legler), ‘Latin America is different: transatlantic discord on how to promote democracy in “problematic countries” ’, in: A. Magen, T. Risse y M. McFaul (eds.), Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2009, pp. 185-216.
Geo tags
European Union Latin America & Caribbean
Expert in
Authoritarian regimes Brazil Cuba Democracy Democracy promotion EU Foreign Policy Failed states Mercosur Multilateralism Regional powers Venezuela
Spoken languages
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Written languages
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Expert publications
- 12/12/2011 - Transition challenges in the Arab world
- 23/11/2011 - State reform in Arab Transitions
- 29/09/2011 - The Inter-American Democratic Charter at ten
- 02/02/2011 - Brazil and Europe heading towards 2015
- 18/11/2010 - Cuba and Europe: beyond the Common Position
- 07/10/2010 - Scenarios facing Venezuela
- 23/07/2010 - Venezuela
- 21/01/2010 - The post-crisis rise of Latin America
- 12/01/2010 - Why does Spain not have a policy for Latin America?
- 28/10/2009 - Chavez's new laws demand an International response
- 23/03/2009 - Bolivia and Venezuela: different political paths
- 05/03/2009 - Canadian-Spanish Dialogue on Cuba
- 19/12/2008 - Cuba: the legacy of a revolution
- 24/07/2008 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?
- 25/06/2008 - The EU opens a new phase in its relations with Cuba
- 30/04/2008 - Emerging powers: stabilisers or destabilisers?
- 09/03/2008 - Cuba: between continuity and change
- 21/02/2008 - Cuba: the end of an era
- 03/12/2007 - Cuba: change and continuity in the 21st century
- 20/11/2007 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?
- 08/11/2007 - What to expect from the XVII Ibero-American Summit?
- 31/10/2007 - The "Third Populist Wave" of Latin America
- 10/09/2007 - European Union External Democracy Promotion
- 16/07/2007 - Brazil: insecurity in democracy
- 14/06/2007 - The European Union and South American Populism
- 01/04/2007 - The External Actors and Cuba after Fidel
- 01/04/2007 - Brazil in the Americas: a regional peace broker?
- 01/11/2006 - Lula again: regional influence without leadership?
- 15/09/2006 - ¿Transición de Castro a Castro?: ensayando el futuro
- 07/11/2005 - The iberoamerican summit in Salamanca: from a cultural community to a political alliance?
- 31/10/2005 - Helping Castro? EU and US policies towards Cuba
