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Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst (on parental leave)

Industrial policy; foreign economic policy

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Rebecca Arcesati

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Digital Silk Road; artificial intelligence; technology and innovation in Europe-China relations 

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Christina Sadeler

Senior Analyst

State-society relations and public debates; Institutional change; Social and environmental policy 
 

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Alexander Davey

Analyst

CCP political discourse and organization; party-state policymaking; social policy and development

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Grzegorz Stec

Head of Brussels Office/Senior Analyst

EU-China; China’s foreign policy & geopolitical competition; hybrid interference & disinformation

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