Arnulf Martin Baring (8 May 1932 in Dresden – 2 March 2019 in Berlin)[1] was a German lawyer, journalist, political scientist, contemporary historian and author.

In 1968 he was invited by Henry Kissinger to teach at the Harvard Center for International Affairs, and the following year, he was appointed as Professor at the Free University of Berlin, where he taught until his retirement in 1998.

He was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton 1992–1993 and was a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, 1993–1994.

He received the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) in 1998.

[3] Baring was a founding member of the Förderverein der Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen[4] and the scientific advisory board of the Centre Against Expulsions.