Alexander Rahr

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Program Director
Berthold Beitz Center for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia at the DGAP

Areas of Specialization:

  • Politics in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Caspian region (domestic, foreign, economic, security aspects)

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).