Dr. Jonas J. Driedger
Dr Jonas J. Driedger is a Researcher at the Research Department International Security at PRIF, at the Research Center Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe) and a member of the Research Groups Regime Competition and the LOEWE Group (Prof. Deitelhoff). His research focuses on interstate wars, deterrence in international politics, relations between great powers and their neighboring states as well as Russian and transatlantic security and defense policy.
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| since 2023
Interim Professor of Political Science specialising in International Security at Goethe University Frankfurt
| since 2022
Researcher at PRIF (until 2023 HSFK)
| 2021–2022
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
| 2021
Program Officer for Security Policy at Haus Rissen. Institute for International Politics and Economics, Hamburg
| 2020
DAAD/AICGS Research Fellow for Transatlantic Security Cooperation at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (Johns Hopkins University), Washington D.C.
| 2018–2019
Alfa Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, Higher School of Economics in Moscow
| 2015–2020
Ph.D., Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute (EUI), Florence
Publications
- Preference Constellations in EU–Russian Crisis Bargaining over Syria and Ukraine
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J.; Krotz, Ulrich (2023): Preference Constellations in EU–Russian Crisis Bargaining over Syria and Ukraine, Journal of Common Market Studies. DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13513 - Utility-based predictions of military escalation: Why experts forecasted Russia would not invade Ukraine
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J.; Polianskii, Mikhail (2023): Utility-based predictions of military escalation: Why experts forecasted Russia would not invade Ukraine, Contemporary Security Policy. DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2023.2259153 - Risk acceptance and offensive war: The case of Russia under the Putin regime
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Risk acceptance and offensive war: The case of Russia under the Putin regime, Contemporary Security Policy. DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2023.2164974 - Did Germany Contribute to Deterrence Failure against Russia in Early 2022?
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): Did Germany Contribute to Deterrence Failure against Russia in Early 2022?, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 16: 3, 152-171. DOI: 10.51870/TLXC9266 - Realismus als Theorie und Heuristik
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Realismus als Theorie und Heuristik. Die ukrainisch-russisch-deutsche Dreiecksbeziehung seit 1992, Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB), 30: 1, 85–108. DOI: 10.5771/0946-7165-2023-1-85 - The Stopping Power of Sources: Implied Causal Mechanisms and Historical Interpretations in (Mearsheimer’s) Arguments on the Russo-Ukrainian War
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): The Stopping Power of Sources: Implied Causal Mechanisms and Historical Interpretations in (Mearsheimer’s) Arguments on the Russo-Ukrainian War, Analyse & Kritik, 45: 1, 137–155. DOI: 10.1515/auk-2023-2006 - Blutiger Boden. Zur Rolle von Territorium im Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Blutiger Boden. Zur Rolle von Territorium im Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg, W&F Wissenschaft und Frieden, 41: 2, 50–53.
Publication - Inertia and Reactiveness in Germany's Russia Policy: From the 2021 Federal Election to the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): Inertia and Reactiveness in Germany's Russia Policy: From the 2021 Federal Election to the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, German Politics and Society, 40:4, 135-151. DOI: 10.3167/gps.2022.400407
Publication - Defence and Security Cooperation amidst Institutional Disintegration: Does Brexit Divide the United Kingdom and Germany on Russia?
| 2021
Driedger, Jonas J. (2021): Defence and Security Cooperation amidst Institutional Disintegration: Does Brexit Divide the United Kingdom and Germany on Russia?, European Journal of International Security, 6: 1, 86–108.
Publication - Conflict between Russia and its Neighbors since 1992: The Cases of Belarus and Ukraine
| 2018
Driedger, Jonas J. (2018): Conflict between Russia and its Neighbors since 1992: The Cases of Belarus and Ukraine, Uptake Working Papers 10, under EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Grant No. 691818 “Building Research Excellence in Russian and East European Studies at the Universities of Tartu, Uppsala and Kent”. - Trump and Putin will drive Europe apart
| 2017
Driedger, Jonas J. (2017): Trump and Putin will drive Europe apart, Politico Europe, 3: 7, 23. - Geopolitics and Transnational Threats: Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Syrian Civil War
| 2014
Driedger, Jonas J. (2014): Geopolitics and Transnational Threats: Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Syrian Civil War, per Concordiam. Journal of European Security and Defense Issues, 5: 3, 30–35. - Der aufmüpfige Vasall: Tschetschenien gefährdet die Stabilität im Süden der Russischen Föderation – und langfristig sogar die Moskauer Herrschaftselite
| 2014
Böhlke, Ewald; Driedger, Jonas J. (2014): Der aufmüpfige Vasall: Tschetschenien gefährdet die Stabilität im Süden der Russischen Föderation – und langfristig sogar die Moskauer Herrschaftselite, Adlas. Magazin für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 8: 1, 51–58. - ‘Wohin wir blicken, sehen wir Feinde’: Wie sich preußische Mennoniten von 1913 bis 1933 als Teil einer christlich-antibolschewistischen Volksgemeinschaft neu erfanden
| 2014
Driedger, Jonas J. (2014): ‘Wohin wir blicken, sehen wir Feinde’: Wie sich preußische Mennoniten von 1913 bis 1933 als Teil einer christlich-antibolschewistischen Volksgemeinschaft neu erfanden, Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter 71, 71–102. - Geopolitics and Transnational Threats: Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Syrian Civil War
| 2014
Driedger, Jonas J. (2014): Geopolitics and Transnational Threats: Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Syrian Civil War, per Concordiam. Journal of European Security and Defense Issues, 5: 3, 30–35.
- Inertia and Reactiveness: From the 2021 Federal Election to the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022
| 2024
Driedger, Jonas J. (2024): Inertia and Reactiveness: From the 2021 Federal Election to the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, in: Langenbacher, Eric (eds), Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary German Politics and Policy, Berlin: De Gruyter, 416–432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/9781805395454
Publication - Zeitenwende
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Zeitenwende. Die Folgen des Angriffs von Russland auf die Ukraine für Europa und die Welt, in: Rotary Deutschland (eds), Ukraine - Wir Helfen. Rotarys humanitäre Hilfe für die Zivilgesellschaft in der Ukraine 2022/23: Rotary Deutschland. - Russian Active Measures in Ukraine (2004) and Estonia (2007)
| 2021
Driedger, Jonas J. (2021): Russian Active Measures in Ukraine (2004) and Estonia (2007), in: Bertelsen, Olga/Umland, Andreas (eds), Russian Active Measures: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Columbia University Press, Ibidem. - The United Kingdom and Security Cooperation in Europe: The Brexit Factor and Relations with Russia
| 2020
Driedger, Jonas J. (2020): The United Kingdom and Security Cooperation in Europe: The Brexit Factor and Relations with Russia. (Великобритания в системе безопасности Большой Европы: фактор брекзита и отношения с Россией), in: Europe Institute of the Russian National Academy of Sciences (Институт Европы РАН) (eds), The Future of Greater Europe: Perspectives on Macro-Regional Development (Будущее Большой Европы: Перспективы развития макрорегиона): Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Europe RAS, 272–293. - Alliance Persistence, Military Security and the 2016 Brexit Referendum: The Case of Estonia and the United Kingdom
| 2019
Driedger, Jonas J. (2019): Alliance Persistence, Military Security and the 2016 Brexit Referendum: The Case of Estonia and the United Kingdom, in: Baciu, Cornelia-Adriana/Doyle, John (eds), Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe, Cham: Springer, 97–116. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12418-2_5
Publication - Conflict Report Russia vs. Ukraine 2014
| 2014
Driedger, Jonas J. (2014): Conflict Report Russia vs. Ukraine 2014, in: Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (eds), Conflict Barometer 2014, Heidelberg: HIIK, 37–38. - Conflict Report Russia 2013 (government vs. opposition)
| 2013
Driedger, Jonas J. (2013): Conflict Report Russia 2013 (government vs. opposition), in: Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (eds), Conflict Barometer 2013, Heidelberg: HIIK, 37. - Conflict Report Belarus 2012 (government vs. opposition)
| 2012
Driedger, Jonas J. (2012): Conflict Report Belarus 2012 (government vs. opposition), in: Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (eds), Conflict Barometer 2012, Heidelberg: HIIK, 19.
- Wie eine weitere Trump-Präsidentschaft den Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg beeinflussen würde
| 2024
Driedger, Jonas J. (2024): Wie eine weitere Trump-Präsidentschaft den Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg beeinflussen würde, TraCe Policy Brief, 6, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCePB2406 - How Another Trump Presidency Would Affect the Russo-Ukrainian War
| 2024
Driedger, Jonas J. (2024): How Another Trump Presidency Would Affect the Russo-Ukrainian War, PRIF Blog.
Publication - The Coming War over Ukraine? The Danger of Escalation is Real and Must be Treated as Such
| 2018
Driedger, Jonas J. (2018): The Coming War over Ukraine? The Danger of Escalation is Real and Must be Treated as Such, The National Interest.
Publication - Expect the worst, prepare for the best: Frieden verhandeln
| 2024
Deitelhoff, Nicole; Dembinski, Matthias; Driedger, Jonas J.; Gromes, Thorsten; Hirschler, Helena; Marauhn, Thilo; Peez, Anton; Polianskii, Mikhail; Schreiber, Franziska (2024): Expect the worst, prepare for the best: Frieden verhandeln, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2024, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 115–129.
Publication - How the EU could support Ukraine – by using Russian state funds
| 2024
Driedger, Jonas J. (2024): How the EU could support Ukraine – by using Russian state funds: DCU Brexit Institute.
Publication - Was in der Zukunft der Ukraine liegt: Plädoyer für eine Verteidigungs- und Resilienzstrategie
| 2024
Driedger, Jonas J. (2024): Was in der Zukunft der Ukraine liegt: Plädoyer für eine Verteidigungs- und Resilienzstrategie, PRIF Blog.
Publication - International Conference Dealing with Autocracies in a Fragmented World Conference Report
| 2023
Abb, Pascal; Weipert-Fenner, Irene; Wolff, Jonas; Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): International Conference Dealing with Autocracies in a Fragmented World Conference Report, PRIF Conference Report, Frankfurt a/M. - “Russian Self-Defense”? Fact-Checking Arguments on the Russo-Ukrainian War by John J. Mearsheimer and Others
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): “Russian Self-Defense”? Fact-Checking Arguments on the Russo-Ukrainian War by John J. Mearsheimer and Others, PRIF Blog.
Publication - What’s the Long Term Significance of Wagner’s March to Moscow?
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): What’s the Long Term Significance of Wagner’s March to Moscow?, PRIF BLOG.
Publication - Russische Dolchstoßlegenden: Was bedeutet der Wagnermarsch nach Moskau langfristig?
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Russische Dolchstoßlegenden: Was bedeutet der Wagnermarsch nach Moskau langfristig?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Rüstungsdynamiken: Rüstungskontrolle und Desinformation
| 2023
Daase, Christopher; Driedger, Jonas J.; Burck, Kristoffer; Fehl, Caroline; Wisotzki, Simone; Forsythe, Sam; Hach, Sascha; Jakob, Una; Schörnig, Niklas; Lambach, Daniel (2023): Rüstungsdynamiken: Rüstungskontrolle und Desinformation, in: onn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2023, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 85-101.
Publication - Was jeder zur Risikobereitschaft des Putin-Regimes wissen sollte
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): Was jeder zur Risikobereitschaft des Putin-Regimes wissen sollte, PRIF Blog.
Publication - How Putin’s Increasingly Risky Decisions Shape Russia’s Wars
| 2023
Driedger, Jonas J. (2023): How Putin’s Increasingly Risky Decisions Shape Russia’s Wars: Contemporary Security Policy.
Publication - Eskalation in der Ukraine: Sollte Deutschland Leopard 2-Panzer liefern?
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): Eskalation in der Ukraine: Sollte Deutschland Leopard 2-Panzer liefern?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Russia Cuts Off Nord Stream 1: How Will This Affect Germany’s Foreign Policy?
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): Russia Cuts Off Nord Stream 1: How Will This Affect Germany’s Foreign Policy?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Led From Behind
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): Led From Behind. Understanding Germany’s Changing Russia Policy, AICGS. American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.
Publication - The Russian Way of War is Changing
| 2022
Driedger, Jonas J. (2022): The Russian Way of War is Changing, 19FortyFive.
Publication - Angela Merkel’s Departure Unlikely to Change Germany’s Russia Policy
| 2021
Driedger, Jonas J. (2021): Angela Merkel’s Departure Unlikely to Change Germany’s Russia Policy, The National Interest.
Publication - Trump, Merkel, and Putin
| 2020
Driedger, Jonas J. (2020): Trump, Merkel, and Putin. Lessons and Legacies for Transatlantic Cooperation toward Russia, AICGS. American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. Johns Hopkins University.
Publication - Will Russia intervene in Belarus?
| 2020
Driedger, Jonas J. (2020): Will Russia intervene in Belarus?, EUIDeas. Evidence-Driven Contributions on Social, Political, Legal, and Economic Issues.
Publication - Review of Chris Miller, Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia
| 2019
Driedger, Jonas J. (2019): Review of Chris Miller, Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia, Oxford University Changing Character of War Centre.
Publication - How Much Leverage Does Russia Really Have over Germany?
| 2018
Driedger, Jonas J. (2018): How Much Leverage Does Russia Really Have over Germany?, The National Interest.
Publication - Trump will divide Europe
| 2017
Driedger, Jonas J. (2017): Trump will divide Europe, EurActiv.
Publication - EU realpolitik on Ukraine - too little, too late
| 2016
Driedger, Jonas J. (2016): EU realpolitik on Ukraine - too little, too late, EU Observer.
Publication - Die Schwarzmeerflotte
| 2015
Driedger, Jonas J. (2015): Die Schwarzmeerflotte, Dekoder: Russland entschlüsseln.
Publication
- Transformations of Political Violence?
| 2022
Daase, Christopher; Driedger, Jonas J.; Kroll, Stefan; Mannitz, Sabine; Simon, Hendrik; Wolff, Jonas (2022): Transformations of Political Violence?. A Research Program, TraCe Working Paper, 1, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2201