Areas of Expertise

Security and defense
Military capabilities
Defense industry
Security and defense policy of Germany and other major European countries
EU Common Security and Defense Policy
NATO

Short Bio

Christian Mölling has been deputy director of DGAPs Research Institute until August 31, 2024. He also headed the Center for Security and Defense.

Before joining DGAP, Mölling held research and leadership positions with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich, and the Hamburg Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy.

He has been a visiting fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, and the Paris-based Fondation pour la recherche stratégique.

Mölling studied politics, economics, and history at the universities of Duisburg and Warwick and holds a doctoral degree from Ludwig Maximilian Universität Munich.

Languages

German, English, French

[Last updated: August 2024]

Contributions

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands with German soldiers in front of a Marder vehicle during a visit to a military base of the German army Bundeswehr in Bergen, Germany, October 17, 2022.

No Time to Lose: How Germany’s Zeitenwende in Defense Can Succeed

Germany has promised to fundamentally change its approach to defense and security. Yet, the policy so far lacks drive, focus, and strategy. Here are some proposals to turn the Zeitenwende into a success.

Claudia Major

Christian Mölling

The quadriga on top of the Brandenburg Gate

New Defense Realities

At the close of the Merkel era Germany’s armed forces face a wide array of challenges most political parties have not even started to acknowledge, never mind address.

Christian Mölling