German Council on Foreign Relations

German Council on Foreign Relations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik
AbbreviationDGAP
Formation1955
FounderHermann Josef Abs
Robert Pferdmenges
TypeThink tank
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersBerlin
FieldsForeign policy
Security policy
Geoeconomics
Membership
2,500+
Official language
German
President
Tom Enders
Director and CEO
Guntram Wolff
Websitedgap.org

The German Council on Foreign Relations (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, DGAP) is a prominent Germany foreign policy research institute. It is an independent, private, non-partisan and non-profit organisation, and actively takes part in policy formation and promoting the understanding of German foreign policy and international relations. It was established in 1955 in Bonn as a registered association, and relocated to Berlin in 1999.