Dr. Alexandra Sitenko
Independent Political analyst and Researcher from Kazakhstan, based in Berlin. I offer analysis, research and consultig related to: geopolitics, global peace and security order, strategic partnerships in foreign policy. Regional focus: Latin America, post-Soviet Eurasia. Working languages: German, English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese.
Biography
Global peace and security policy is entering a period of multiple disruptions, which must be reshaped politically, militarily, economically and culturally. The challenge is to find ways out of the escalation as well as to build future international relationships based on trust and cooperation, which we need to be able to solve global tasks such as climate change and global inequality.
For this, we need innovative approaches and multiple perspectives. My personal and professional background allows me to look at global issues through the lens of different actors: post-Soviet space (born and raised in Kazakhstan), Western countries (currently living in Germany) and the Global South (degree in Latin American Studies, research experience in Latin America).
After completion of the Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies in 2013 in Germany, my passion has been the analysis of international relations and geopolitics with regional focus on Latin America and the post-Soviet Eurasia. Whereby I've been paying special attention to the relations between Russia and Latin America. In my subsequent doctoral thesis I analyze the development of strategic partnerships between Russian and Latin American countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Cuba) in the 21st century applying a multidimensional geopolitical analysis model.
As a certified peace mentor, I am curious about exploring the role of identities, perceptions, and emotions in international relations. In my reserach works, I usually combine both rational (realism) and emotional (constructivism and social psychology) approaches to analyse international conflict situations and possible solutions.
Currently, I am Curator for Politics for the science and discussion platform te.ma, introducing research and political controversies on Russia's war against Ukraine as well as its effects on European and global affairs to a broader audience. I also support the Institute for Theology and Peace in Hamburg as research associate for global security. You can watch me in political talks on Deutsche Welle, and read my comments in Der Spiegel and El Comercio. I occasionally serve as reviewer for the journal International Affairs.
