Journal articles:
Weilandt, R. (2021). Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice: EU norms and their discontents in Tunisia. Democratization. Online first. | read
Weilandt, R. (2021). EU Democracy Projection in Tunisia: The Case of Civil Society Consultations. Mediterranean Politics. Online first. | read
Khakee, A. & Weilandt, R. (2021). Supporting Democratic Participation beyond Democracy Promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption. Mediterranean Politics. Online first. | read
Weilandt, R. (2019). Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society. Democratization, 26(6), pp. 959-974. | read
Weilandt, R. (2019). Will Brexit Change the EU's Foreign Policy? Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 61(2), pp. 143-166. | read
Weilandt, R. (2018). Socio-economic challenges to Tunisia’s democratic transition. European View, 17(2), pp. 210–217 | read
Journalism, commentary and policy work:
'Tunisia is a beacon of hope, but things can still go terribly wrong', Orient, Vol. 62, No. 1, 1.1.2021 | read
'The Unintended Impacts of EU Democratic Assistance on Tunisian Civil Society', in Fakoussa, D. and Kabis-Kechrid, L. L. (eds) Tunisia’s Fragile Democracy: Decentralization, Institution-Building and the Development of Marginalized Regions. Perspectives from the Region and Europe. 20.12.2018. Berlin: German Council on Foreign Relations, pp. 146–153 | read
'After Mugabe: dawn of a new error in Zimbabwe', openDemocracy, 01.05.2018 | read
'SPD members should think twice before vetoing Germany’s grand coalition', EUROPP - European Politics and Policy at LSE, 26.02.2018 | read
'Friendly reminder: Brexit has not yet happened, so stop rubbishing people’s fears', The Conversation, 26.02.2018 | read
'Keine linke, eine bayrische Minderheit dominiert das Land', The Huffington Post Deutschland, 09.01.2018 | read
'From the continent, remainers’ sudden love for the EU looks like plain hypocrisy', The Guardian, 18.10.2017 | read
'How the EU could create an awesome free public Wi-Fi network', The Next Web, 4.10.2017 | read
'Es ist Deutschland hier: Jens Spahn und die englischsprachige Parallelgesellschaft', The Huffington Post Deutschland, 27.08.2017 | read
'Why Brexit’s Impact on EU Foreign Policy Might Remain Limited', Crossroads Europe, 17.08.2017 | read
'Hass und Gewalt gegen Polizisten ist nicht besser als Hass und Gewalt gegen andere Gruppen', Tagesspiegel Causa, 14.07.2017 | read
'Der Weg vom Linksautonomen zum bigotten Spießer ist erstaunlich kurz', The Huffington Post Deutschland, 11.07.2017 | read
'Großbritannien versinkt im Chaos', Tagesspiegel Causa, 16.06.2017 | read
'Is Trump repeating Bush’s worst mistakes?', openDemocracy, 4.01.2017 | read
'Facing legal threat, German fact-checking project goes offline', Poynter, 18.01.2017 | read
'Trump ist ein lange überfälliger Weckruf für Europa', Tagesspiegel Causa, 28.11.2016 | read
The Military, the Media and Public Perceptions in Egypt: Communication and Civil-Military Relations', Egypt Civil-Military Relations Conference Paper Series Paper 3, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, 18.11.2016 (with Romuald Bolliger and Mohamed Elmenshawy) | read
'Populismus ist vor allem dann erfolgreich, wenn man ihn gewähren lässt', Tagesspiegel Causa, 22.08.2016 | read
'Der Brexit ist eine Chance für Europa', Tagesspiegel Causa, 15.08.2016 | read
'Brexit’s trifling impact on EU external affairs', Europe's World, 4.08.2016 | original | blog
'From political prisoner to sultan: How Erdoğan took on the Turkish military', Your Middle East, 4.08.2016 | read
'The ALS Breakthrough Does Not Invalidate Criticism of the Ice Bucket Challenge', The Huffington Post UK, 29.07.2016 | read
'Why the Remain camp is also to blame for Brexit', EurActiv, 14.07.2016 | original | blog
'Brexit might provide an opportunity for genuine change in Europe', openDemocracy, 3.07.2016 | original | blog
'My 350 on BREXIT: An act of utter ignorance', openDemocracy, 1.07.2016 | original | blog
'Leaving the EU Over Its Democratic Deficit? You’ve Got to Be Kidding...', The Huffington Post UK, 23.06.2016 | original | blog
'Left wingers for Brexit need to wake up to what they’re about to do', The Conversation, 19.06.2016 | original | republication by Newsweek Europe | translation by Newsweek Japan | blog
'Why Austria almost elected a fascist president', openDemocracy, 13.06.2016 | original | blog
'Mit direkter Demokratie lässt sich kein Staat machen', Tagesspiegel Causa, 24.05.2016 | read
'The West and Arab democracy: time for a Marshall Plan for Tunisia?', European Geostrategy, Vol. 8, No. 4, 23.02.2016 | read
'Shattered Tunisian economy puts political transition at risk', Your Middle East, 27.01.2016 | read
'‘There might be another revolution’', POLITICO Europe, 14.10.2015, | read
'Platini Is Unlikely to Be Willing or Able to Substantially Reform Fifa', The Huffington Post UK, 7.08.2015 | original | blog
'Demokratie als Störfaktor', The European, 17.07.2015 | read
'The Greek Deal Is Not a Coup, It Is a Logical Consequence of Intergovernmentalism', The Huffington Post UK, 17.07.2015 | original | blog
'Spielabbruch', The European, 1.6.2015 | read
'Fakten vs. Mythen', The European, 26.01.2015 | read
'Dichtung und Wahrheit in der Griechenlandkrise', ZEIT ONLINE, 24.01.2015 | read
'US mustn’t miss another chance to mend fences with Iran', The Conversation, 10.11.2014 | read
'Why the EU should mandate the use of Galileo', European Geostrategy, Vol. 6, No. 82, 30.10.2014 | original | blog
'A sky full of drones', openDemocracy, 27.10.2014 | read
'Sisi sagt Schwulen den Kampf an', zenith online, 30.09.2014 | read
'Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun', The European, 17.09.2014 | read
'Here's what it means to be homosexual in Egypt', Your Middle East, 12.09.2014 | read
‘Die Geister, die er rief’, ZEIT ONLINE, 29.07.2014 | read
‘Der falsche Feind’, The European, 24.07.2014 | read
‘Vereint gegen den Euro, ansonsten uneins’, ZEIT ONLINE, 24.05.2014 | read
‘Juncker übertreibt, Schulz überzeugt’, ZEIT ONLINE, 16.05.2014 | read
‘Bringt das Freihandelsabkommen jedem 600 Euro?’, ZEIT ONLINE, 15.05.2014 | read
‘Die Lügen der britischen Populisten’, ZEIT ONLINE, 06.05.2014 | read
‘Europas Politiker im Test’, ZEIT ONLINE, 02.05.2014 | read
‘Wie viele Soldaten braucht Europa?’, ZEIT ONLINE, 30.04.2014 | read
‘EU Elections: Getting the facts right’, Europe & Me Magazine, 01.04.2014 | original | blog
‘Farage gegen Clegg’, der Freitag, 27.03.2014 | read
‘Four-Letter Diplomacy and European Provincialism’, The Huffington Post UK, 13.02.2014 | original | blog
‘Superwahljahr der Muslime: Ägypten’, zenith – Zeitschrift für den Orient, Januar/Februar 2014, 14.01.2014, p. 26 | read
‘Not Quite the Right Story’, The Huffington Post UK, 20.11.2013 | read
‘Benzin statt Bildung’, zenith – Zeitschrift für den Orient, November/Dezember 2013, 11.11.2013, pp. 66-68 | read
‘Da steht ein Panzer unterm Balkon’, SPIEGEL ONLINE, 29.10.2013 | read
‘Fixing European Entrepreneurship’, Europe & Me Magazine, No. 22, 01.10.2013 | original | blog
‘Willkommen in der Eurobubble’, SPIEGEL ONLINE, 12.09.2013 | read
‘Tod mit Nebenwirkungen’, The European, 12.09.2013 | read
‘Friends with Benefits’, The European, 26.08.2013 | read
‘Mubaraks Freilassung ist ein Nebenschauplatz’, zenith online, 23.08.2013 | original | read
‘Was will General Sisi?’, zenith online, 12.08.2013 | read
‘Der Protest in Kairo kennt mehr als zwei Seiten’, ZEIT ONLINE, 29.07.2013 | read
‘Der dritte Platz’, zenith online, 28.07.2013 | read
‘General statt Demokratie’, zenith online, 22.07.2013 | read
‘Armee gut, Muslimbrüder böse’, zenith online, 12.07.2013 | read
‘Und jetzt, Ägypten?’, zenith online, 04.07.2013 | read
‘Tamarrod sammelt 15 Millionen Unterschriften gegen Mursi’, zenith online, 26.06.2013 | read
‘Welcome to the Eurobubble’, Europe & Me Magazine, No. 19, 01.01.2013 | original | blog
‘Europe’s second reunification?’, Europe & Me Magazine, No. 14, 01.01.2012 | original | blog