Geopolitics

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Post-Covid momentum for China's global ambitions

No. 1, March 2023

Francesca Ghiretti

Tracker

Mar 29, 2023

Research

The geopolitics of China’s mediation push

Helena Legarda, Rebecca Arcesati, Katja Drinhausen, Nis Grünberg, Jacob Gunter

Tracker

May 31, 2023

Sergey Lavrov and Li Hui

China-Central Asia and G7 Summits + Local protectionism + Micron

MERICS Briefs

May 25, 2023

The China factor in Japan’s G7 presidency

Aya Adachi

Comment

May 17, 2023

Chinese Forecasts for 2023: A worsening geopolitical environment

Helena Legarda

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Nis Grünberg

Jacob Gunter

Tracker

Feb 23, 2023

Bridging the gap: Priorities for transatlantic China policy

Report by the Aspen Strategy Group, the Mercator Institute for China Studies, and the Munich Security Conference

Mikko Huotari

Anja Manuel

Boris Ruge

Report

Feb 18, 2023

National security and the climate crisis – China is still not joining the dots

Comment

Dec 21, 2022

Europe's competition with China in third markets

No. 4, December 2022

Jacob Gunter

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Tracker

Dec 14, 2022

China’s new military leadership is ‘red’ and combat-focused

Helena Legarda

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Nis Grünberg

Jacob Gunter

Kai von Carnap

Tracker

Nov 24, 2022

G20 + Real estate market + Zero-Covid

MERICS Briefs

Nov 17, 2022

Germany’s shaky turn to the Indo-Pacific

Helena Legarda

Comment

Oct 18, 2022

Xis global engagements outside "Fortress China" in Q3

No. 3, October 2022

Aya Adachi

Jacob Gunter

Francesca Ghiretti

Tracker

Sep 30, 2022

SCO meeting + China’s chip-making breakthrough + CNY depreciation

MERICS Briefs

Sep 22, 2022

The next Hong Kong: Beijing’s vision for Taiwan

Helena Legarda

Antonia Hmaidi

Jacob Gunter

Nis Grünberg

Tracker

Aug 31, 2022

Beyond blocs: global views on China and US-China relations

Jacob Gunter

Helena Legarda

Anu Anwar

Pamela Aróstica Fernández

Evi Fitriani

Oyuna Baldakova

Oscar M. Otele

Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi

Naser Al-Tamimi

Kadir Temiz

Report

Aug 18, 2022

Taiwan tensions

MERICS Briefs

Aug 11, 2022

China and Russia bring NATO and the Indo-Pacific together

Helena Legarda

Comment

Jul 26, 2022

NATO Summit + Hong Kong + Labor market

MERICS Briefs

Jun 30, 2022

Insights

China as a security challenge (ZDF)

Mikko Huotari

External publication

Apr 05, 2023

G7 and NATO summits crucial for future of democracy (Zeit online)

Hanns W. Maull

External publication

Jun 21, 2022

Taiwan and the war in Ukraine, with Sheryn Lee

Podcast

Jun 03, 2022

Economic development and stability remain the top priority for China (Le Monde - FR)

François Chimits

Jacob Mardell

External publication

Mar 19, 2022

A Beijing's pro-Russian neutrality poses new challenge to Germany and Paris (Tagesspiegel)

François Godement

Mikko Huotari

Comment

Mar 14, 2022

Ukraine and Taiwan: two conflict zones with destabilizing potential

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Feb 04, 2022

Chinese surveillance tech in Africa, with Jili Bulelani

Podcast

Dec 22, 2021

Raffaello Pantucci: Narratives of China winning in Afghanistan are exaggerated

Podcast

Aug 24, 2021

Angela Stanzel: "China’s interest in Afghanistan is to protect its border"

Podcast

Aug 17, 2021

Events

EU-China

Geopolitics

Industrial Policy and Technology

Russia-China

European China Policy: Track 1.5 Workshop 2023

Apr. 17, 2023

Stockholm

Geopolitics

MERICS Discussion: "Negotiating with China"

Mar. 29, 2023

Berlin

Members only

Experts on Geopolitics

HelenaLegarda

Helena Legarda

Lead Analyst

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

Francesca Ghiretti

Francesca Ghiretti

Analyst (Brussels office)

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Grzegorz Stec

Analyst (Brussels office)

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