Head of CORE

Areas of research
European Security Issues, OSCE, Conventional Arms Control in Europe, Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Transnational Threats and Risks

Contact
CORE
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
Beim Schlump 83
20144 Hamburg
Phone: (+49) 40-866077-63

Curriculum vitae
Dr Zellner studied Sociology in Regensburg and received his Dr.phil. from the Free University of Berlin for a thesis on: Die Verhandlungen über Konventionelle Streitkräfte in Europa unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der neuen politischen Lage in Europa und der Rolle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. He is a former scientific assistant to Ms. Katrin Fuchs, Member of the German Bundestag.

Languages
German, English, French

Selected Publications

• The Status of OSCE Field Operations: Current Consolidation Does not Change the Need to Consider New Forms and Formats, in: Daniel Warner (ed.), OSCE Future Options and Leadership, Geneva 2008 (PSIO Occasional Paper 2/2008), pp. 29-48.
• The OSCE and transnational security threats, in: Security and Human Rights, vol. 19 (2008), no. 4, pp. 311-321.
• A New Helsinki for the OSCE? Chances for a Revival of the European Security Dialogue, SWP Comments 2008/C 31, December 2008.
  http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/common/get_document.php?asset_id=5551 (with Solveig Richter)
• Chances and Limits of Arms Control in Regional Conflict Situations: Success or Failure, Paper presented at the 6th Berlin Seminar on Conventional Arms Control, „Arms Control in Crisis Situations“, RACVIAC Centre for Security Cooperation, 9-11 July 2008.
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• Die OSZE in den Spannungsfeldern asymmetrischer Interdependenzen, in: Hans J. Gießmann/Götz Neuneck (eds), Streitkräfte zähmen, Sicherheit schaffen, Frieden gewinnen, Baden-Baden 2008, pp. 171-182.
• Anfang vom Ende oder Neubeginn konventioneller Rüstungskontrolle in Europa?, in: Andreas Heinemann-Grüder/Jochen Hippler/Markus Weingardt/Reinhard Mutz/Bruno Schoch (eds), Friedensgutachten 2008, Berlin 2008, pp. 66-78 (with Hans-Joachim Schmidt).
• Will the “Cornerstone of European Security” Come Crashing Down? On the Current Crisis of the (Adapted) CFE Treaty, in: IFSH (ed.), OSCE Yearbook 2007, Baden-Baden 2008, pp. 25-35.
• In consultation with Pál Dunay, Victor-Yves Ghebali, Terrence Hopmann, Sinikukka Saari, Andrei Zagorski, and experts at the Centre for OSCE Research, Identifying the Cutting Edge: The Future Impact of the OSCE, Hamburg 2008 (CORE Working Paper No. 17).
• Interview with Ambassador Wilhelm Höynck, Former Secretary General of the OSCE, in: Helsinki Monitor: Security and Human Rights, vol. 18 (2007), no. 4, pp. 271-274.
• Review of Field missions, in: Daniel Warner (ed.), The OSCE at a Turning Point: OSCE Chairmanship and Other Challenges, Geneva 2007 (PSIO Occasional Paper 4/2007), pp. 35-53.
• The Quandaries of Promoting Democracy in Central Asia: Experiences and Perspectives from Europe and the USA. Report of a Transatlantic Workshop at the Centre for OSCE Research (CORE), ed. together with Anna Kreikemeyer, Hamburg 2007 (CORE Working Paper No. 18).
• Redefining the OSCE’s Future: Strategic Uncertainty and Political Contradictions are Delaying Progress, in Vincent Chetail (ed.), Conflits, sécurité et coopération: Liber Amicorum Victor-Yves Ghebali, Bruxelles 2007.
• Die OSZE zwischen Anpassungskrise und Reformdebatte, in: Friedensgutachten 2006, Reinhard Mutz/Bruno Schoch/Corinna Hauswedell/Jochen Hippler/Ulrich Ratsch (eds), Friedensgutachten 2006, Berlin 2006, pp. 54-62.
• The Reform of the OSCE - Problems, Challenges and Risks, in: Victor-Yves Ghebali/Daniel Warner (eds), The Reform of the OSCE 15 Years after the Charter of Paris for a New Europe: Problems, Challenges and Risks, PSIO Occasional Paper 2/2006, Geneva 2006, pp. 73-95.
• Addressing transnational threats and risks – A key challenge for the OSCE, in: Helsinki Monitor, Vol. 16 (2005), No. 3, pp. 214-217.
• Der Aufbau multiethnischer Polizeien auf dem Balkan. Eine Erfolgsbilanz mit Einschränkungen, in: Die Friedenswarte. Journal of International Peace and Organization, Bd. 80(2005), H. 1-2, pp. 83-111 (co-authored with Thorsten Stodiek).
• The Culture of Dialogue. The OSCE Acquis 30 Years after Helsinki, Hamburg 2005 (IFSH/CORE) (co-authored with Frank Evers and Martin Kahl).
• Europäische Rüstungskontrolle – eine Geisel subregionaler Konflikte? Zur Ratifizierung des angepassten KSE-Vertrags, in: Götz Neuneck/Christian Mölling (eds), Die Zukunft der Rüstungskontrolle, Baden-Baden 2005, pp. 271-281 (co-authored with Hans-Joachim Schmidt).
• The Future Development of OSCE Field Missions, in: Victor-Yves Ghebali/Daniel Warner (eds), The Politico-Military Dimension of the OSCE: Arms Control and Conflict Management Issues, Geneva 2005 (PSIO Occasional Paper 2/2005), pp. 31-64.
• Managing Change in Europe. Evaluating the OSCE and Its Future Role: Competencies, Capabilities, and Missions, Hamburg 2005 (CORE Working Paper 13, in consultation with Alyson Bailes / Victor-Yves Ghebali / Terrence Hopmann / Andrei Zagorski).
• Russia and the OSCE: From High Hopes to Disillusionment, in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 18 (2005), no. 3, pp. 389-402.