Harald Edinger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a focus on International Relations Theory, Political Psychology and Russian Foreign Policy at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA). He is substituting Professor Amrita Narlikar (GIGA) as a lecturer at the Universität Hamburg, who is on teaching leave to work in the SCRIPTS project "Leader Types and (Liberal?) Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic." This project compares key decision-makers in the pandemic and the narratives used during the pandemic. Harald is also currently designing a project on Russian nuclear strategy and deterrence. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Research Interests

• International Relations Theory
• Political Psychology
• Political Economy
• European Integration and Security
• Russian Foreign Policy
• Changing character of conflict and war

Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

Edinger, Harald, Theory of Irrational Politics: Classical Realist Lessons on Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review 23(1), 2021. doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaa095.

Edinger, Harald, Putin and the Two Fears of the Prince, E-International Relations, 2021.

Edinger, Harald, Fear in International Relations, E-International Relations, 2020.

Edinger, Harald, Bored Enough Yet? International Order, Ideology, and What Could Get History Started Again, International Affairs 94(1), 2018. doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix247.

Edinger, Harald, Tajikistan: Political Economy of Drug Addiction, The Public Sphere 3(1), 2016.