Dr. Alexandra Dienes, born in Moscow, did her PhD at the University of Amsterdam (2017) and her MA in Political Science at the Freie University Berlin (2012). She specialises in foreign policy and political economy of Russia and the post-Soviet space. At FES ROCPE, based in Vienna, Alexandra focuses on European security and the role of the OSCE in regional cooperation, leads the survey ‘Security Radar’ and coordinates the expert network FLEET. Previously, she taught international relations and political economy at the University of Amsterdam and worked for German political foundations in Georgia and China as well as the European Parliament in Brussels. She did a documentary film on barriers to regional trade in Central Asia for the German Development Agency GIZ. Alexandra is an affiliated research fellow at the Political Science department of the University of Amsterdam. She teaches at universities and regularly presents her research at academic conferences. Since 2023 Alexandra heads the Austria branch of Women in International Security (WIIS).
