Program Director
Russia/Eurasia
Areas of Specialization:
Foreign Languages: English, Russian
phone: +49 (0)30 25 42 31-53
mobile: +49 (0)171 273 50 16
rahr@dgap.org
Alexander Rahr is director of the Russian/Eurasia Program. He is also the coordinator of the institute's EU-Russia Forum. Before joining the Council in 1994, he was a senior analyst at the Research Institute of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Munich and project manager at the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, Cologne. He has worked as a consultant for the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, and is member of the executive board of Yalta European Strategy (YES).
He has also worked for "Deutsche Welle" TV and radio programs and has published numerous articles in the German, Russian and international press. He is a frequent guest at political TV shows and regularly writes for "Die Welt" and other newspapers.
He is the author of biographical books of Michael Gorbachev(1986) and Vladimir Putin (2000). His book "Russland gibt Gas" has been published in 2008.
He holds an M.A. in History and Political Sciences from Munich State University. He was awarded the Federal Merit Cross (2003) and is Honorary Professor at the Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO).
The new US administration and the upcoming world financial summit
Interview with Katharina Gnath
10.11.2008 | nordwest radio
The Future of German-American Relations
On October 28, Simon Koschut spoke at the University of Leipzig on the future of German-American Relations in face of the upcoming elections. (28.10.2008)
The U.S. Democratic Role Model’s Deficiencies
At the expert conference of the “Working Group Democracy Studies” of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW) from October 16 -18, 2008 in Hamburg, Josef Braml presented his paper entitled “The U.S. Democratic Role Model’s Deficiencies”. (16.10.2008)
On October 2nd, 2008, Josef Braml gave a presentation at the “Wannseeforum“ and discussed with students and alumni of the German elite foundation “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” the issue of a “Sustainable Energy Security Policy”. (02.10.2008)
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