We have never really understood what the world looks like through Chinese eyes and what China is up to
Media mentions – Asia
China’s inflexibility on its domestic goals was much more about China’s internal preferences than about the relationship to the U.S., EU or U.K
For the first time in history, in a very significant way, there has been a subtle but noticeable shift in European perceptions of Taiwan
There is a lot of pressure on Xi Jinping to produce tangible results, he has to deliver in very different areas before the big party congress next year
India would of course prefer a more active US role […] The two sides will continue to coordinate on intelligence and other matters related to militancy
Aukus tells us a lot about the foreign policy of the Biden administration & raises two questions: What does it mean to be an ally of the US? And what is Washington’s vision on the Indo-Pacific?
This won’t make the EU a decisive actor in the Indo-Pacific, but it will make it an actor
He [Kadisha] will keep the noticeably harder line against Beijing because I believe a reverse course will not be well accepted domestically as well as internationally
Motegi’s reappointment symbolizes both continuity in terms of foreign policy, “but at the same time keeping and satisfying [Kishida’s] political capital within the Liberal Democratic Party
Merkel’s focus on a bilateral approach with Beijing has contributed to a greater fragmentation of European China policy
According to EFCR, Germany needs to rebalance its relations with China in the broader European interest