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Dr Sibylle Bauer

Citizenship: Germany
Position at SIPRI: Head of Export Control Project; Senior Researcher, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme
Subject expertise: Export control (national control systems, international regimes, enforcement issues); non-proliferation; transparency of arms transfers
Regional expertise: European Union, South East Europe, South East Asia
Languages: German, English, French
Education: PhD in Political Science, Free University of Brussels (ULB) and Free University of Berlin. Diplom (MA) in Political Science, Free University of Berlin
Contact: Email  Phone: +46 8 655 97 48

Dr Sibylle Bauer has a long record of research and publication on armaments and export control issues, especially regarding the European Union. Since 2005 much of her work has focused on export control capacity building, in particular in legal and enforcement areas. Dr Bauer joined SIPRI in August 2003.

Current activities
Former positions
  • Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels (ULB)
  • Visiting Fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris
  • Researcher, International Security Information Service (ISIS), Europe
Recent publications
  • Annual contributions to the SIPRI Yearbook since 2004
  • Bauer, S., ‘Post-cold war control of conventional arms’, The Global Arms Trade: A Handboook (Routledge, 2010) 
  • Bauer, S., ‘Punishing acts of WMD proliferation: more easily said than done’, SIPRI Update, Apr. 2009
  • Bauer, S. and Mattiusi, J., ‘Transforming the EU’s approach to outreach and technical assistance in the area of export controls’, A. Ricci (ed), From Early Warning To Early Action? The Debate on the Enhancement of the EU's Crisis Response Capability Continues (Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008)
  • Bauer, S. and Bromley, M., The EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports: Improving the Annual Report, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 8 (Nov. 2004)
  • Bauer, S. and Remacle, E., 'Theory and practice of multi-level foreign policy: the European Union’s policy in the field of arms export controls’, eds T. Christiansen and B. Tonra, Rethinking European Union Foreign Policy (Manchester University Press, 2004) 
  • Bauer, S., ‘The Role of parliaments in European arms export policy’, eds J. Mawdsley, M. Martinelli and E. Remacle, Europe and the Global Arms Agenda: Security, Trade and Accountability (Nomos, 2004)
  • Bauer, S., ‘Europe’s arms export policies’, ed. K. von Wogau, A European Defence for the 21st Century (Maklu, 2004)
  • Bauer, S., ‘The EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports-enhancing the accountability of arms export policies?’, European Security, vol. 12 (2003) 
  • Bauer, S. and Winks, R., ‘The institutional framework for European arms policy co-operation’, eds C. Serfati et al., The Restructuring of the European Defence Industry: Dynamics of Change (European Commission, Directorate General for Research/ Office of Official Publications of the European Union, 2001)
  • Bauer, S., ‘L’europeanisation des politiques d’exportation d’armements’ [The Europeanisation of arms export policies], eds S. Sur and J.-J. Roche, Annuaire français de relations internationales (Bruylant, 2001)