Thränert, Oliver, Dr.

 

Oliver Thränert is head of think tank at the Center for Security Studies (CSS). He studied Political Science, Modern History and Sociology and received his Doctorate from the Technical University of Braunschweig/Germany in 1986. From 1986 to 2001, Oliver Thränert served in the Research Institute of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn (until 1999) and Berlin as a political analyst. In 2001, he joined the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)) in Berlin, where he chaired the Research Group for International Security from 2002 to 2008. In addition, he lectured at the TU Darmstadt (1990 to 1994) and the Free University Berlin (2002) and was a visiting scholar at Queen's University in Kingston/Ontario (1991).

 

Oliver Thränert's research interests include international arms control and disarmament; nonproliferation in the field of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons; nuclear deterrence; and missile defenses.

Selected Publications

Monographs

• Thränert, Oliver (1992) Soviet Policy on Nuclear Testing 1985–1991, Kingston: Centre for International Relations (CIR).
• Thränert, Oliver (1991) Einseitige Abrüstung? Erfahrungen mit sowjetischen und amerikanischen Initiativen, Frankfurt, New York: Campus Verlag.
• Thränert, Oliver (1986) Rüstungssteuerung und Gradualismus, München: Herbert Utz Verlag.

Edited Volumes

• Thränert, Oliver; Ehrhart, Hans-Georg (eds.) (1998) European Conflicts and International Institutions: Cooperating with Ukraine, Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Thränert, Oliver; MacFarlane, S. Neil (eds.) (1997) The OSCE and Regional Security in the CIS, Kingston: Centre for International Relations (CIR).
• Thränert, Oliver (ed.) (1996) Enhancing the Biological Weapons Convention, Bonn: Dietz.

Journal Articles

• Thränert, Oliver (2009) 'NATO, Missile Defence and Extended Deterrence', Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 51, 6: 63–76.
• Thränert, Oliver (2008) 'Would We Really Miss the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty?', International Journal 63, 2: 327–340.
• Thränert, Oliver; Seaboyer, Anthony (2006) 'What Missile Proliferation Means for Europe', Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 48, 2: 85–96.
• Thränert, Oliver (1996) 'Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: An Urgent Task', Contemporary Security Policy 17, 3: 347–364.
• Thränert, Oliver (1995) 'Responding to the Threat of Biological Weapons', Security Dialogue 26, 4: 399–403.
• Thränert, Oliver (1994) 'Gorbachev and Arms Control: Was It Really GRIT?', Contemporary Security Policy 15, 3: 251–254.
• Thränert, Oliver (1992) 'Germans Battle over Blue Helmets', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 48, 8: 33–35.

Book Chapters

• Thränert, Oliver (2011) 'Nuclear Arms and Missile Defense in Transatlantic Security', in: Alcaro, Riccardo; Jones, Erik (eds.) European Security and the Future of Transatlantic Relations, Rome: Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), pp. 69–86.
• Thränert, Oliver (2002) 'The Compliance Protocol and the Three Depository Powers', in: Wright, Susan (ed.) Biological Warfare and Disarmament: New Problems/New Perspectives, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 343–368.