Bjoern Seibert
Position: Associate Fellow
Bjoern Seibert is a visiting fellow at the International Security Studies Department at RUSI, and a research fellow at the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also an external research associate at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the US Army War College. His research focuses on European military capabilities, the European Security and Defence Policy, NATO-EU relations, and European military transformation. He is currently working on an assessment of the European Union's mission in Chad and CAR (EUFOR Tchad/RCA).
Previously, he worked as an analyst at the Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) in Washington, DC and as a research assistant at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA.
Bjoern has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He also studied at Georgetown University and Erfurt University.
RUSI articles and analysis by this author
Too Big to Fail: The A400M Bail Out
4 Mar 2010
When the A400M eventually becomes available, it will be more expensive, delayed
and less capable than contractually agreed. The willingness of European Governments, and especially the UK’s, to bail out the programme is troubling.
The case against the A400M
17 Jun 2009
Bjoern Seibert argues that the United Kingdom should end its involvement in the A400M military transport programme. Operational needs, budgetary shortfalls and existing concerns over the programme means that the UK should opt for alternative viable off-the shelf-solutions.
Somali Piracy Q&A
3 Jun 2009
Piracy off the cost of Somalia has become an increasingly salient international issue. These questions and answers provide a background understanding of the phenomenon and survey possible responses from the shipping industry and the international community.