Igor Perrig

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Igor Alexander Perrig (born June 22, 1964 in Brig ) is a Swiss historian and author who publishes on security policy .

Life

Perrig graduated from the College Spiritus Sanctus in Brig , where he belonged to the Sectio Brigensis student association with the vulgo "Hägar" . He studied history and communication science at the University of Freiburg and received his doctorate in Swiss history under Urs Altermatt in 1994 . At the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs , he specialized in security policy and international relations . From 1992 to 1993 he worked as a research fellow at the Center for International Security Studies in Maryland. In 2006 he completed the Master of Public Administration course at the University of Bern .

From 1993 to 1994 Perrig worked in the General Secretariat of the North Atlantic Assembly in Brussels, where he dealt in particular with the integration of the Eastern European countries into NATO. From 1994 to 2008 he worked for the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport , a. a. as security adviser to the Chief of Staff and as head of the Partnership for Peace section . From 2008 he was Public Affairs Manager at Swisselectric , and from 2016 to 2017 he worked as an independent consultant in Brig. Perrig is a lieutenant colonel in the Swiss Army .

Perrig is a member of the CVP . In 2016 he ran for the city council of Brig-Glis . He advocates nuclear energy .

Scientific activity

Perrig's dissertation, Intellectual National Defense in the Cold War. The Swiss Reconnaissance Service (SAD) and Heer und Haus, 1945–1963 , Brig 1993, was received several times in research. In it he shows illegal state protection activities of the SAD up to 1957 and outlines the Cold War in a four-phase model developed by him.

From 2000 to 2011 he published articles in the General Swiss Military Journal , including an article on Carl von Clausewitz .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Brigensis, 1960–1988 . Self-published, Freiburg 1988 (seminar paper, University of Freiburg (Switzerland)).
  • The coverage of the Second World War in the Swiss press. A press review based on the examples of Stalingrad and Invasion . Freiburg 1989 (Licentiate thesis, University of Freiburg (Switzerland), 1989).
  • Intellectual national defense in the Cold War. The Swiss Reconnaissance Service (SAD) and Army and House, 1945–1963 . Self-published, Brig 1993 (dissertation, University of Friborg (Switzerland), 1993).
  • The partnership for peace and the Swiss army . In: Hans Eberhart, Albert A. Stahel (ed.): Swiss military policy of the future. Increased security through stronger international engagement . NZZ-Verlag, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85823-849-X , p. 241-265 .
  • European security and defense policy and Switzerland. State of development, strategy, political process . Self-published, Boll 2005 (Master thesis, University of Bern, 2005).

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Promotions and Mutations. In: Walliser Bote . February 16, 2001, p. 19 ( online ).
  2. ↑ a b Joseph Fischer: Invitation to give a lecture by the Upper Valais Lecture Association , June 10, 2014, website Kultur Wallis, accessed on March 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Ag .: With «virtue, science, friendship». In: Walliser Bote . April 4, 2017, p. 11 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Perrig Igor Services, see chregister.ch
  5. ↑ Municipal elections of October 16, 2016 , website of the municipality of Brig-Glis, accessed on March 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Beat Jost : Hydropower strategy, nuclear phase-out, water interest rates: Valais politicians willfully ruin all opportunities. In: Rote Anneliese . No. 238, July 2016, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Luc van Dongen, Stéphanie Roulin, Giles Scott-Smith (eds.): Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War. Agents, Activities, and Networks . Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills 2014, ISBN 978-1-137-38879-7 , pp. 230 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ^ Georg Kreis (Ed.): Switzerland and the Second World War . Cass, London 2000, ISBN 0-7146-5029-3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  9. ^ Hans Ulrich Jost : Politics and economics in the war. Switzerland 1938–1948 . Chronos, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-905312-82-4 , p. 252 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  10. ↑ Pierre Ducrey, Hans Ulrich Jost (ed.): Jean Rudolf von Salis, the intellectuals and Switzerland . Chronos, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-0340-0592-X , p. 60 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  11. ^ Roger Sidler: Arnold Künzli. Cold war and “intellectual national defense” - a case study . Chronos, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-0340-0746-9 , p. 523 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  12. ^ Dorothee Liehr: Scandal and Nation. Political struggles for interpretation in Switzerland 1988–1991 . Tectum, Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8288-3352-4 , p. 46 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  13. ↑ Georg Gerber, Robert Leucht, Karl Wagner (Ed.): Transatlantic Distortions - Transatlantic Condensations. Cultural transfer in literature and science, 1945–1989 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-1065-0 , p. 171 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  14. ^ ASMZ: Sicherheit Schweiz: Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift , E-Periodica , accessed on March 11, 2018.
  15. ↑ Igor Perrig: Clausewitz is alive! In: General Swiss military magazine . tape 174 , no. 7 , 2008, p. 17th f ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-71439 .
  16. ^ Lennart Souchon : Carl von Clausewitz. Strategy in the 21st Century . Mittler, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8132-0939-6 , pp. 215 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Perrig, Igor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perrig, Igor Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Brig