Before joining DGAP Rachel 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.
Rachel Tausendfreund researches and writes on US 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 media, 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 2014-2015 she was editorial director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Rachel is a proud Michigander and WIIS.de extended board member.
The 2BS (To Be Secure) Forum is a leading politico-security forum in Southeast Europe (SEE) that has been shaping national, regional, and international security frameworks since its inception in 2011. As the flagship event of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro, it provides an exceptional and unique platform for prominent political figures, as well as international organizations representatives, academia, security experts, business leaders, renowned global think tanks, NGO experts and innovators to generate ideas and solutions to effectively tackle and overcome the prevailing global challenges pertaining to security and stability.