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Benjamin Tallis
Director of the Democratic Strategy Initiative
Dr Benjamin Tallis is the Director and Co-Founder of the Democratic Strategy Initiative, a think-tank focused on developing the strategies free societies need to prevail in competition with authoritarians and to build strategic capacity and strategic culture in and between Germany and its allies. Dr Tallis is a strategist and a foreign, security, and defence policy expert, focusing particularly on the role of emerging defence technologies in securing Europe. He previously led the German Council on Foreign Relations’ (DGAP) “Action Group Zeitenwende” and hosted the podcast BerlinsideOut (2022-24). He has advised numerous governments, led the Centre for European Security at the Czech Institute of International Relations (2015-20), and worked on EU security missions in Ukraine and the Balkans (2004-07). Dr Tallis regularly appears in the media across Europe and has published pieces in Foreign Policy, Politico, Der Spiegel, and Die Zeit. He is the author of several books, most recently Turning Point, and is the creator of the concepts of Neo-Idealism and Team Power.
Updated: April 16, 2025
