ALEXANDER RAHR
Director, German-Russian Forum; Senior Adviser on Russia Company, Wintershall Holding GmbH; Adviser to the President, German-Russian Chamber of Commerce
Born in 1959.
In 1988 graduated from University of Munich.
From 1977 to 1985 worked as a visiting fellow in a research project on the Soviet Elite at the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne.
From 1982 to 1994 – Researcher at the Radio Liberty Research Institute (Munich).
From 1986 to 1994 – Consultant, RAND Corporation (Santa Monica).
In 1990 – Research in the Parliament of the USSR.
From 1990 to 1991 carried out research in the EastWest Institute (New York).
From 1992 to 1995 – Unofficial adviser to the Secretary General of Europe (Strasbourg).
From 1994 to 1995 – Research Fellow at the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations DGAP (Bonn).
From 1995 to 19 98 – Director of the Kцrber headquarters in Russia and the CIS, established by the Kцrber Foundation and the DGAP Research Institute.
In 1999 – Program Director of the Kцrber headquarters in Russia and the CIS, established by the Kцrber Foundation and the DGAP Research Institute. Editor at CIS barometer until 2012. Director of the “Russia / Eurasia” program, Ge rman Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
He currently works as research director at the German-Russian Forum, senior advisor for Russia at Wintershall Holding GmbH and advisor to the President of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Alexander has published around 300 articles in international and scientific magazines and papers, a monograph on the situation in the Soviet Union and the former Soviet Union, he co-authored a report of the Trilateral Commission titled The New Central Asia, as well as biographies of Mikhail Gorbachev (1986) and Vladimir Putin (2000). He provides comments for both television and radio shows and takes part in round table discussions. Alexander has written reports in Germany and aboard. Provides political consultations and participates in the Petersburg Dialogue.
In 1988 graduated from University of Munich.
From 1977 to 1985 worked as a visiting fellow in a research project on the Soviet Elite at the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne.
From 1982 to 1994 – Researcher at the Radio Liberty Research Institute (Munich).
From 1986 to 1994 – Consultant, RAND Corporation (Santa Monica).
In 1990 – Research in the Parliament of the USSR.
From 1990 to 1991 carried out research in the EastWest Institute (New York).
From 1992 to 1995 – Unofficial adviser to the Secretary General of Europe (Strasbourg).
From 1994 to 1995 – Research Fellow at the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations DGAP (Bonn).
From 1995 to 19 98 – Director of the Kцrber headquarters in Russia and the CIS, established by the Kцrber Foundation and the DGAP Research Institute.
In 1999 – Program Director of the Kцrber headquarters in Russia and the CIS, established by the Kцrber Foundation and the DGAP Research Institute. Editor at CIS barometer until 2012. Director of the “Russia / Eurasia” program, Ge rman Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
He currently works as research director at the German-Russian Forum, senior advisor for Russia at Wintershall Holding GmbH and advisor to the President of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Alexander has published around 300 articles in international and scientific magazines and papers, a monograph on the situation in the Soviet Union and the former Soviet Union, he co-authored a report of the Trilateral Commission titled The New Central Asia, as well as biographies of Mikhail Gorbachev (1986) and Vladimir Putin (2000). He provides comments for both television and radio shows and takes part in round table discussions. Alexander has written reports in Germany and aboard. Provides political consultations and participates in the Petersburg Dialogue.