• on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations:
  German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin
  
  
• on France and Franco-German relations:
  Deutsch-Französisches Institut, Ludwigsburg (dfi)
  
  
• on foreign cultural policy:
  Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart (ifa)

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