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Geopolitics

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Experts on Geopolitics

HelenaLegarda

Helena Legarda
Head of Program

China’s defense and security policies; Chinese foreign policy, geopolitical competition and risk

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari
Executive Director

China’s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition

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Grzegorz Stec
Head of Brussels Office/Senior Analyst

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

Claus Soong

Claus Soong
Analyst

China’s foreign and security policy; Asia-Pacific; US-China

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Beijing’s global push to establish a global network of ports with Chinese involvement is slowing. Clark Banach, Program Director at the Aletheia Research Institution and former MERICS Futures Fellow, and Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst at MERICS, discuss with Johannes Heller-John the development and changes in China’s global infrastructure investments. You can find the interactive map mentioned in the podcast here.