<p>Dr Stefan Mair has been Director of the German Institute for International<br />and Security Affairs and Executive Chairman of the Stiftung<br />Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) since October 1, 2020. Before that,<br />he has been Member of the Executive Board of the Federation of German<br />Industries (BDI) since 2010.<br />Between 1992 and 2001, Dr Stefan Mair held a position as research<br />associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs<br />(SWP), then as head of the Middle East and Africa Research Division<br />of SWP until 2007 and as Research Director and member of the executive<br />board from 2009 – 2010.<br />He earned his doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich<br />in 1992 and his areas of expertise include: Foreign and security policy<br />challenges of Germany and the EU, geopolitical and geo-economic<br />dynamics, trade and foreign economic policy.</p>