Beginning at BICC / current duty
Joined BICC as a Research Assistant in 2008. Currently, he is a Researcher and Project Leader in the field of arms exports control.
Key expertise
Jan Grebe’s expertise lies in the fields of arms exports, global arms transfer, global militarization, maritime security, traditional conflict resolution and targeted/ smart sanctions.
(Academic) education / CV:
Jan Grebe holds a Magister Artium (MA) in Political Science (minors: Sociology, Economic and Social History) from Aachen University, Germany. He is currently a PhD Student at Aachen University working on his dissertation on Regional Security Cooperation in West Africa.
Since 2008, Jan Grebe has worked at BICC mainly as a Researcher and Project Leader working on the Global Militarization Index (GMI), maintaining the arms exports database and following developments of global arms transfers with a specific focus on maritime procurements.
Since May 2012, he is Chair of the expert group on arms exports of the Joint Conference Church and Development (GKKE).
From 2010 until 2011, he also held a position as Research Associate at Aachen University. From 2007 to 2008, Jan Grebe worked as an intern at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) within the global military expenditure project. In 2004, he was an intern with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ) in Uganda.
Projects:
- Global Militarization Index (GMI)
- Database arms export: 170 countries
- Country reports on security, armament and development in recipient countries of German arms exports (in German)
- Analysis on MANPADS
- Mercenary identities: The self-image of employees of private military-security companies in Iraq
- Traditional Conflict Resolution and Small Arms & Light Weapons as a Development Factor
BICC-Publications:
- German Arms Exports—"Strengthening instead of interference"
- Security-policy implications of the maritime military build-up in the Asia-Pacific Region: Focus on Australia, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam
- MANPADS - A Terrorist Threat to Civilian Aviation
- Annual Report 2012
- BICC’s Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2012: Factsheet
- Peace policy implications of maritime re-armament
- Annual Report 2011
- The Global Militarization Index (GMI) : Use of the GMI for evaluating the development orientation of states and regional militarization
- Greece:High military expenditures despite the financial crisis
- Annual Report 2010
Other publications (selection):
Grebe, Jan and Christoph Schwarz. 2011. “Die maritime Aufrüstung von Schwellenländer: Strategische und friedenspolitische Implikationen”. In Margret Johannsen (ed.) et al. Friedensgutachten 2011. Münster: LIT-Verlag, pp. 316-327.
Grebe, Jan. 2010. “Zehn Jahre Krise in Simbabwe: Die Rolle der Europäischen Union, der USA und Chinas im Kontext der Krise”. In Helmut Asche et al. (ed.) Afrika und externe Akteure – Partner auf Augenhöhe?. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 217-238.