Gerald Knaus

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Gerald Knaus (born 1970^[1]) is an Austrian social scientist. He is a co-founder of the think tank European Stability Initiative (ESI).^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education[]

Knaus was born in Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria in 1970. He studied philosophy, political science and economics in Oxford, Brussels and Bologna.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

European Stability Initiative[]

In 1999, Knaus co-founded the European Stability Initiative, a liberalist think tank, in Sarajevo. The organization has received funding from organizations linked to American billionaire George Soros.^[2]

Today, the ESI has offices in Berlin, Brussels, and Vienna.^{[citation needed]}

Policy[]

Since 2015, Knaus has been an outspoken supporter of the migration policies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[3] In 2019, he was appointed by Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Müller to serve on a commission in charge of drafting recommendations on how to address the causes of displacement and migration.^[4]

In 2020 he published the book "Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?" ("What Borders Do We Need?") on the future of asylum and migration policy.^[5]

Other activities[]

• Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Member of the Advisory Board^[6]
• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member^[7]

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