Most important publications


(for a full list of my publications, please consult my CV)


Books and edited volumes


Quantifying International Conflicts: Data on War or Data for War


Louise Beaumais, Iris Lambert, Thomas Lindemann, Sami Makki, Frédéric Ramel, Eric Sangar

Palgrave Macmillan, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-89331-5


Germany's Grand Strategy: In Search of Lost Resonance


Eric Sangar

Oxford Studies in Grand Strategy, Oxford University Press, https://academic.oup.com/book/62723, 2026


Memory Fragmentation from Below and Beyond the State


Eric Sangar, Valérie Rosoux, Anne Bazin, Emmanuelle Hébert

Routledge, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003147251/memory-fragmentation-beyond-state-anne-bazin-emmanuelle-h%C3%A9bert-val%C3%A9rie-rosoux-eric-sangar, 2023


Diffusion in Franco-German Relations: A Different Perspective on a History of Cooperation and Conflict


Eric Sangar

Palgrave Macmillan, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-36040-5, 2020


Researching Emotions in International Relations: Methodological Perspectives on the Emotional Turn


Maéva Clément, Eric Sangar

Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65575-8_8, 2018



Articles and book chapters


Confier l’imagination des menaces futures aux militaires ? Le cas de la Red Team française


Eric Sangar

Sabine Dini, Edouard Jourdain, Thomas Lindemann, L’Anticipation des conflits armés : Outil ou prophétie auto-réalisatrice ?, Classiques Garnier, https://classiques-garnier.com/l-anticipation-des-conflits-armes-outil-ou-prophetie-auto-realisatrice-confier-l-imagination-des-menaces-futures-aux-militaires-en.html, 2026, pp. 173-192


Sécuriser l’avenir pour mieux militariser le présent ?


Eric Sangar

Cultures & Conflits, issue 133, 2024, pp. 15-44


Die Fragmentation nationalstaatlicher kollektiver Erinnerung und ihre Auswirkung auf strategische Narrative: Legitimationsschwierigkeiten deutscher Außenpolitik seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs


Eric Sangar

Friedrich Kießling, Caroline Rothauge, Außenbeziehungen und Erinnerung: Funktionen, Dynamiken, Reflexionen, 2021, pp. 153-172


The Enduring Value of Reliable Facts: Why NGOs Have Become More Influential in Conflict Discourse


Eric Sangar, Christoph O. Meyer

Romy Fröhlich, Media in War and Armed Conflict: The Dynamics of Conflict News Production and Dissemination, 2018, pp. 191-217


Of Heroes and Cowards: A Computer-Based Analysis of Narratives Justifying the Use of Force


Eric Sangar, Maéva Clément, Thomas Lindemann

Maéva Clément, Eric Sangar, Researching Emotions in International Relations: Methodological Perspectives on the Emotional Turn, 2018, pp. 179-206


Introduction: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities for the Study of Emotions


Maéva Clément, Eric Sangar

Maéva Clément, Eric Sangar, Researching Emotions in International Relations: Methodological Perspectives on the Emotional Turn, 2018, pp. 1-29


How do non-governmental organizations influence media coverage of conflict? The case of the Syrian conflict, 2011–2014


Christoph O. Meyer, Eric Sangar, Eva Michaels

Media, War & Conflict, vol. 11(1), 2018, pp. 149-171


Courtrai, the Battle of the Golden Spurs 1302


Eric Sangar

Beatrice Heuser, Athena S. Leoussi, Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: From Troy to Courtrai, 2018, pp. 121-135


The “Hero‐Protector Narrative”: Manufacturing Emotional Consent for the Use of Force


Maéva Clément, Thomas Lindemann, Eric Sangar

Political Psychology, vol. 38(6), 2017, pp. 991-1008


The Past Stimulating the Change? The Use of Historical Experience by the British and American Armies in Iraq and Afghanistan


Eric Sangar

Bernhard Chiari, Auftrag Auslandseinsatz: neueste Militärgeschichte an der Schnittstelle von Geschichtswissenschaft, Politik, Öffentlichkeit und Streitkräften, Rombach, 2012, pp. 355-365