Sophie Eisentraut

About Sophie Eisentraut

Dr. Sophie Eisentraut was a transatlantic post-doctoral fellow at GMF in Washington, DC. She conducted research on the legitimacy and reform of international organizations, specifically on the challenges to effective multilateral cooperation that arise from the (re-)emergence of non-Western powers. Sophie was a transatlantic post-doctoral fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and a research associate at the Global Governance research unit at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. At the WZB, she was involved in the Contested World Orders project, which analyzed normative differences and conflicts underlying the evolution of world order. Sophie holds a PhD from Free University Berlin and was a visiting researcher at Cornell University.

Building a Trojan Horse

The Kremlin’s efforts to influence the 2016 election in the United States are well known – even now, a special prosecutor is investigating Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign. Less well reported are Russia’s social media campaigns in Germany ahead o [...]

2018-06-24T23:53:58-04:00October 9, 2017|By Etienne Soula and Sophie Eisentraut|

Russia Pulling Strings on Both Sides of The Atlantic

Just a few days away from the German federal election, a widely held opinion is that Germany has been spared from interference by Moscow. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the main advocate of the current EU sanctions on Russia, is widely expected to [...]

2022-04-06T17:14:42-04:00September 22, 2017|By Sophie Eisentraut and Etienne Soula|