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 and a PhD in Political Science, on regional security cooperation in West Africa.
Jan Grebe started at BICC in 2008, where he mainly worked as a Researcher and Project Leader 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. From 2010 to 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.
Collaboration with BICC:
He collaborates with BICC in the framework of the projects “Global Militarization Index (GMI)” funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and in the framework of the project “Expert group arms exports and report of the Joint Conference on Church and Development (GKKE)” funded by the GKKE.
Publications:
- Jan Grebe, Max M. Mutschler, Global Militarisation Index 2015
- Jan Grebe, Max M. Mutschler, Transparent Reporting for a Successful Arms Trade Treaty, 2015
- Jan Grebe, Global Militarisation Index 2014
- Jan Grebe, Kurswechsel? Deutsche Rüstungsexporte zwischen Transparenz und parlamentarischer Kontrolle, 2014
- Jan Grebe, Courage to change or continuation of structural deficits? German arms exports and parliamentary control, 2014
- Marc von Boemcken, Jan Grebe, "Gemeinsam uneinig: Ambivalenzen in der Kontrolle europäischer Rüstungsexporte", 2014
- Jan Grebe, BICC’s Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2013: Factsheet
- Jan Grebe, “Europäische Rüstungsexporte nach Südostasien”, 2013
- Jan Grebe, Sebastian Roßner, Parlamentarische Kontrolle und Transparenz von Rüstungsexporten, 2013
- Jan Grebe, Harmonized EU Arms Exports Policies in Times of Austerity? Adherence to the Criteria of the EU Common Position on Arms Exports, 2013
- Jan Grebe, Peter Kreuzer, “Lässt sich der Drache zähmen? Eskalation und Aufrüstung im Südchinesischen Meer”, 2013
- Jan Grebe, "Deutsche Rüstungsexportpolitik: Zwischen manglender Transparenz, der Notwendigkeit parlamentarischer Kontrolle und einer Neujustierung der Rüstungsexportpolitik", 2013
- Jan Grebe, Marc von Boemcken, German Arms Exports—"Strengthening instead of interference", 2013
- Jan Grebe, Christoph Schwarz, Security-policy implications of the maritime military build-up in the Asia-Pacific Region: Focus on Australia, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, 2013
- Michael Ashkenazi, Jan Grebe, Christof Kögler, Marc Kösling, MANPADS - A Terrorist Threat to Civilian Aviation, 2013
- Jan Grebe, Marc von Boemcken, "Schaffen Waffen Frieden und Stabilität?", 2013
- Michael Ashkenazi, Jan Grebe, ”Traditionelle Konfliktbearbeitung”, 2012
- Jan Grebe, Nils Schaede, “Aufstrebende Staaten. Rüstungsindustrie in Brasilien, Indien und Südafrika", 2012
- Jan Grebe, "Waffen für die Welt", 2012
- Jan Grebe, BICC’s Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2012: Factsheet
- Jan Grebe, Christoph Schwarz, Peace policy implications of maritime re-armament, 2011
- Jan Grebe, Christoph Schwarz, “Die maritime Aufrüstung von Schwellenländer: Strategische und friedenspolitische Implikationen”, 2011
- Jan Grebe, The Global Militarization Index (GMI) : Use of the GMI for evaluating the development orientation of states and regional militarization, 2011
- Jan Grebe, Jerry Sommer, "Hochgerüstet in der Pleite", 2010
- Jan Grebe, Jerry Sommer, Greece: High military expenditures despite the financial crisis, 2010
- Jan Grebe, “Zehn Jahre Krise in Simbabwe: Die Rolle der Europäischen Union, der USA und Chinas im Kontext der Krise”, 2010
- Jan Grebe, Peter J. Croll, "Simbabwe 30 Jahre nach der Unabhängigkeit: Ein Grund zum Feiern?", 2010
- Jan Grebe, "And They Are Still Targeting: Assessing the Effectiveness of Targeted Sanctions Against Zimbabwe", 2010
- Jan Grebe, Petter Stalenheim, "Appendix 5B. Tables of NATO Military Expenditure by category", 2008
- Jan Grebe, Petter Stalenheim, Catalina Perdomo, Elisabeth Sköns, "Tables of military expenditure", 2008
Projects:
- 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