Dr. Susanne Conrad

Dr Susanne Conrad has been a Senior Programme Officer for East and Central Asia in the Department of European and International Cooperation at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation since 2026. She is responsible for the countries and programmes in the region and works on issues relating to security and defence policy, geopolitical risk analysis and strategic developments in the Indo-Pacific and Central Asia. Her areas of focus include regional security architectures, maritime security, the importance of strategic maritime trade routes and maritime chokepoints, and the resilience of critical infrastructure and global supply chains.
From 2021 to 2026, she was a programme officer for Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing in particular on security and military policy, regional conflict dynamics, counter-terrorism and international security cooperation. Since joining the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in 2013, she has worked in other areas of international cooperation. Dr Conrad holds a PhD in history.