Rachel Tausendfreund has been a senior research fellow with a focus on Transatlantic Relations/USA at DGAP since September 2024. Previously, Tausendfreund was a senior fellow in the geostrategy team of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2015 to 2022, she was also GMF's Editorial Director, overseeing the organization's research output and publication planning. Tausendfreund researches and writes on US security, domestic and foreign policy, German foreign policy, and transatlantic relations, as well as relations between the West and pivotal powers of the Global South. She is a regular commentator in German, US, and European media, including in outlets such as NBC News, Der Spiegel, NPR, and Deutsche Welle.