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Eckart Woertz
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Job title
Director of the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Institution
GIGA – German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Education
PhD in Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Languages
German, English, Arabic, Spanish, French
Main areas of expertise
- Economy, Trade, Energy and Climate
- Security Policies
- Other:
- Development
- Food security
Main countries of expertise
- Gulf countries
- Iraq
- Syria
- Egypt