Vita
Alexander Graef joined the IFSH as part of the project Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Research in March 2019. He holds a BA in Cultural Studies from the European-University Viadrina and an MA in International Relations from the Free University Berlin and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). His PhD thesis (2019) at the University of St. Gallen explored Russian experts and think tanks in the field of foreign and security policy. In 2017-2018 Alexander Graef was a Doc.Mobility fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He is part of the FLEET-network of young experts specialising in security and cooperation in wider Europe, which was founded by the Regional Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (ROCPE) in Vienna.
Research Profile | Current Projects
Alexander Graef’s research focuses on conventional arms control in Europe. He is particularly interested in Russian foreign and military policy, the sociology of international relations and the role of (defense) intellectuals, experts and think tanks in public debate and policy formation. Methodologically, he applies different approaches to social network and discourse analysis. In his current policy work, he analyses the perspectives for confidence and security building measures in the Baltic and Black Sea regions and the developments within the Russian military and defense industry.
Selected Publications
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Graef, Alexander. 2022.
Beyond Stability: The Politics of Conventional Arms Control in Europe.
Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 10 (2): 219-245. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-022-00070-y. -
Graef, Alexander. 2022.
The Withdrawal of Russia from the Treaty on Open Skies.
In: SIPRI Yearbook 2022. Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, edited by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 545-550. Oxford: Oxford University Press. -
Mengelkamp, Lukas,
Alexander Graef,
Ulrich Kühn. 2022.
A Confidence-Building Defense for NATO.
In: War on the Rocks -
Graef, Alexander. 2021.
Influential or Irrelevant? The Role of Foreign Policy Think Tanks in Russia.
In: Russia’s Foreign Policy: The Internal-International Link, edited by Aldo Ferrari, Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, 12-36. Milan: ISPI. -
Kertysova, Katarina,
Alexander Graef. 2021.
Open Skies in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities.
In: On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security, edited by Duncan Depledge, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 91-106. Peterborough, ON: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN).
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Kertysova, Katarina,
Alexander Graef. 2021.
Open Skies in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities.
Euro-Atlantic Security Report. London: European Leadership Network.