Dr. Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven
Associate Fellow at Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies
Contact
E-Mail: freytagarndt@gmail.com
Twitter: @FreytagArndt
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Dr. Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven was born on 12 November 1956 in Munich, Germany. He joined the German Foreign Ministry in 1986. He was speech writer of Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (1998-2002), European correspondent (2005-2007), Director of European Affairs (2010-2014), German Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2014 - 2016) and Ambassador to the Republic of Poland from 2020 until his retirement from Government service in 2022.
He also held two positions in intelligence. From 2007 - 2010 he was seconded from the Foreign Office to be Vice President of the German Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst). In 2016 he was appointed NATO´s first Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security (until 2019). He currently is Visiting Professor at the Natolin College of Europe in Warsaw and Senior Advisor at Berlin Global Advisors.
Fields of Research
Intelligence Services | Russia | Middle and East Europe
Chosen Publications
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„Nie budujemy czwartej Rzeszy“ ("We are not building a fouth Reich“), Bellona-Verlag, Warsaw, 2023
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„Putins Angriff auf Deustchland - Propaganda, Desinformation, Cyberattacken“, ECON-Verlag, will be published in September 2024