Dr. Gustav Gressel is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the National Defence Academy of the Austrian Armed Forces. From 2014 to 2024, he served as a Senior Policy Fellow in the Wider Europe Programme at the ECFR Berlin Office, focusing primarily on the Russian-Ukrainian war. In 2024, he was a visiting fellow at the European Resilience Initiative Centre (ERIC).
Before joining the ECFR, he worked as a desk officer for international security policy and strategy at the Bureau for Security Policy in the Austrian Ministry of Defence (2006–2014) and as a research fellow for the Commissioner for Strategic Studies in the Austrian MoD (2003–2006). He was also a research fellow at the International Institute for Liberal Politics in Vienna. Prior to his academic career, he served as radar officer (air defence) in the Austrian Armed Forces.
Gustav earned a PhD in Strategic Studies at the Faculty of Military Sciences at the National University of Public Service, Budapest and a Master Degree in political science at Salzburg University. He is author of numerous publications regarding security policy and strategic affairs and a frequent commentator of international affairs. His opinions appeared in media such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Die Welt, NZZ, Bild, The Diplomat, New Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy, Gazeta Prawna, Rzeczpospolita, Kyiv Post, The Moscow Times, Capital, The Telegraph, The Economist, Newsweek, Deutsche Welle, RTL, Al Jazeera, TVP, TRT, Polskie Radio, RFI, FM4, Ukraine Today, and Radio Free Europe.
