Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (MdB, Deputy Chairman of the FDP Parliamentary Group & Designated German Ambassador to Russia)

In this episode, we talk to Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, historian, diplomat, politician, and one of Germany's most accomplished public figures in questions of foreign policy.

Alexander is currently a Member of the Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the FDP-Fraktion, and designated German Ambassador to Russia. He studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC on a Fulbright grant in 1993 and was then trained and served as a diplomat for 10 years, served as a member and in various high-ranking roles at the European Parliament for 13 years, and has been a member of the Bundestag for 6 years.

We talk about how the United States changed during the time he served in the German Embassy in Washington DC, about European Integration, Europe's future role on the world stage as China and the United States compete for political supremacy, and his vision for Europe.

We also talk about his past in the Russia department in the German Federal Foreign Office in the early 2000s, and the role he can play as a German Ambassador in Moscow in times of Russia's war against Ukraine.

Interviewed by Mohamed Kari (mkari.de).