Arian Aghashahi

Arian Aghashahi works at the intersection of political strategy and foreign policy. He is Head of Strategy at TheRepublic, a Berlin-based platform for centre-right campaigns and international network-building, and Managing Director of the Centre for Trade & Cooperation (CTC). He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute in Budapest and serves as a Senior Advisor to TRENDS Research & Advisory in Abu Dhabi. Prior to these roles, he worked for two members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. He holds law degrees from the Free University of Berlin and the University of Connecticut. During his studies, he worked as a student assistant to two professors of law and was awarded scholarships by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Deutschlandstiftung Integration, and the Claussen-Simon Foundation.