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Dr. Wilfried Buchta
Resume
Born in 1961 in Herne / Westphalia (Germany).
University Diploma in Arabic and Persian Languages from University of Bonn / Germany.
Studied Islamic Studies, Political Science and Religious Studies in Bonn. Conducted long field study in Iran. Doctorate (P.h.D.) on the Religious Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1997.
Head of Arabic Service of Deutsche Welle (DW) in Cologne (1995-96). National Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Rabat / Morocco (1998-2001). Middle East Project Director for International Crisis Group (ICG) in Amman / Jordan (2001-2002).
Lecturer at the seminar for Islamic studies at the Humboldt University Berlin (2003). Senior Political Analyst for the UN Peacekeeping Mission (UNAMI) in Baghdad / Iraq (2005-2011).
Now lives in Berlin as a political advisor, journalist and author.
Activities
Nonfiction Author and Publicist
- Commentator for German, Swiss and Austrian media on Iran, Iraq, confessional conflicts between Shiites and Sunnis in the Middle East as well as Islamic terrorism.
- Expert opinions on Iran and Iraq for the International Crisis Group (ICG in Brussels), the Bertelsmann Foundation, the GIGA Institute in Hamburg and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
- Advisor in matters concerning Iran and Iraq to members of the German Bundestag who belong to different parties (CDU, SPD) and are active in the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Expertise on Iran's domestic and foreign policy as well as on the political restructuring of Iraq in the post-Saddam era
- Lectures in the USA, Europe and India on structures, influential forces and political orientations in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Project evaluations and fact-finding missions for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Pakistan and Iran (1998)