Research & Project Coordinator
German, English
Angela Mehrer is research and project coordinator at the European Council of Foreign Relations. She coordinates the activities of the European Power programme’s Mercator Re:shape Global Europe project and supports the work of the head of ECFR’s Berlin office.
Prior to joining ECFR, she completed internships at the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin and at the news literacy organisation Lie Detectors in Brussels.
Mehrer studied governance and public policy at the University of Passau and holds an MA in politics and public administration from the University of Konstanz as well as an MA in international security studies from Charles University in Prague.
In their campaigns for the European parliament election, Germany’s pro-European parties must unite to effectively mobilise voters against the threat of the far-right party, Alternative for Germany
Europeans have been quick to enhance their missile defence capabilities. But to properly address the threat of Russia’s missiles and deter broader conflict, they need to complement defensive systems with offensive ones
Scholz’s Zeitenwende speech was widely viewed as a major adjustment to Germany’s foreign and security policy. But, six months on, it is unclear whether the country is up to the task.
The revolution in defence funding and energy policy that Germany recently announced should be accompanied by an intellectual awakening
Angela Mehrer and Rafael Loss on the lessons Europe must learn from the Iranian attack on Israel
Rafael Loss and Angela Mehrer on security gaps in the European defence system
Scholz needs to reposition the country as a security and defence policy player
Angela Mehrer analysis Germany’s foreign and security policy six months after Olaf Scholz’s speech on Zeitenwende
