Areas of Expertise

  • US politics and society
  • US foreign and security policy
  • Transatlantic relations
  • Global order

Short Bio

Rachel Tausendfreund has been a senior research fellow at DGAP since September 2024. 

Before joining DGAP Tausendfreund was a senior fellow with the geostrategy team of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2015 to 2022 she was also GMF’s editorial director, overseeing the organization’s research output and publication planning. She co-created GMF’s Out of Order podcast and is the co-host of Transatlantic Takeaways, a podcast produced in cooperation with Common Ground Berlin.

Tausendfreund researches and writes on US security, domestic and foreign policy, German foreign policy, and transatlantic relations, as well as relations between the West and pivotal powers of the Global South. She is a regular commentator in German, US, and European media, including in outlets such as NBC News, Der Spiegel, NPR, and Deutsche Welle.

She was a visiting senior fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs from August to November 2022 and was editorial director at the European Council on Foreign Relations from 2014 to 2015. Tausendfreund is a proud Michigander and extended board member at WIIS (Women In International Security).

Languages

German, English, French (basic skills)

 

[Last updated: July 2024]

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