Bernt Berger joined the DGAP as a senior fellow in July 2017.

He is responsible for the institute’s Asia research program. Berger worked previously at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) where he headed the Stockholm Office of the China and Global Security program as senior researcher.

Prior to that he served as head of the Asia program at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) in Stockholm and held a research position at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin.