Daniel Schatz

Dr. Daniel Schatz is a Visiting Scholar at the European Institute of Columbia University. His research interests focus on the dynamics of foreign policy change and range from international relations, foreign policy analysis, political psychology to European and Middle Eastern politics. Dr. Schatz holds a doctorate in Political Science from the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Prior to joining Columbia University, Dr. Schatz served as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Program on Transatlantic Relations. He has held positions as Anna Lindh Fellow at the Europe Center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He has been a non-resident Visiting Researcher at the Europe Forum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Lund University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

A specialist in government relations, public relations, media relations, diplomacy and international affairs, Dr. Schatz’s professional appointments include positions at the United Nations, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Apart from his academic and professional pursuits, he has been involved in practical policy work, held positions in Swedish politics and was nominated as a Candidate for Parliament.

Dr. Schatz’s articles, expert commentary and opinion pieces on contemporary international affairs have appeared in leading US and international publications as the New York Times, the Economist, Die Welt, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. He has been an op-ed writer in Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s largest and most influential dailies. He was named a New Leader by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and serves as an elected member of the Harvard Club of New York.

Dr. Schatz graduated with a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Lund and completed studies in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York University. He speaks Swedish, English, Polish, German, Hebrew and Russian.