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Alexander Lipke

Alexander Lipke

Programme Coordinator, Asia programme

Languages

German, English, French, Korean (basic)

Biography

Alexander Lipke is the Asia programme coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in the Berlin office.

Prior to joining ECFR in 2022, Lipke worked as a research associate at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s regional Asia office in Singapore. Previously, he gained work experience with the Mercator European Dialogue project at the German Marshall Fund and in Bundestag member Michael Roth’s office in Berlin as well as the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Seoul, South Korea.

Lipke holds a BA in European studies jointly from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Seoul National University in South Korea. He also holds an MA in international politics and east Asia from the University of Warwick and an MSc in international political economy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His main research interest is east Asian international relations, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula, South Korean foreign policy, and Indo-Pacific affairs.

Turmoil in Seoul: A potential setback for EU-South Korea security cooperation

The attempted imposition of martial law by President Yoon Suk-Yeol has plunged South Korea into political uncertainty. As Seoul’s immediate focus turns inward, its ability and willingness to tackle shared challenges with Europe may decline, from the war in Ukraine to Chinese economic coercion

Publications

Articles

Turmoil in Seoul: A potential setback for EU-South Korea security cooperation

The attempted imposition of martial law by President Yoon Suk-Yeol has plunged South Korea into political uncertainty. As Seoul’s immediate focus turns inward, its ability and willingness to tackle shared challenges with Europe may decline, from the war in Ukraine to Chinese economic coercion

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