Areas of Expertise

Russian foreign policy
Russian internet governance

Short Bio

Philipp Dietrich is an associate fellow in DGAP‘s Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. He was previously a project officer there for the project “Risks of the Sovereign Internet for Russia and Beyond.”

Dietrich’s main research interests are Russian politics and the Russian cybersphere. Before joining DGAP, he participated in various projects, notably at Germany‘s Federal Foreign Office, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung‘s Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe in Vienna, and the OSCE.

Dietrich graduated from Oxford University with a master‘s degree in area studies. He has a bachelor‘s degree from Sciences Po Paris and gained experience abroad in Russia during his studies. He is a native speaker of German and French, fluent in English, and speaks Russian at an intermediate level.