Experts & Staff
Alicja Bachulska

Alicja Bachulska

Policy Fellow

Areas of expertise

Chinese foreign policy, China-EU relations, China-CEE relations, Chinese discourse power

Languages

Polish, English, French, Chinese

Biography

Alicja Bachulska is a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in the Warsaw office.

Bachulska has been at ECFR since 2023, having previously worked for over six years as a China analyst at the Asia Research Centre, a think-tank affiliated with Poland’s Ministry of National Defence. Her areas of expertise include EU-China relations, China’s relations with central and eastern European countries, Sino-Russian relations, and Beijing’s influence abroad. In the past she has also cooperated with numerous research institutions, including the Mercator Institute for China Studies, the Center for European Policy Analysis, the Association for International Affairs, and Freedom House. Together with Mark Leonard and Janka Oertel, Bachulska recently co-authored The Idea of China, a book based on over 100 interviews with Chinese intellectuals and published by ECFR.

Bachulska holds a PhD from the Graduate School for Social Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences. She graduated from the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) with a BA in Chinese and development studies and completed a master’s in international politics (Chinese politics and diplomacy) at Fudan University, Shanghai.

Beyond business as usual: A China strategy for Poland

Poland needs to rethink its approach to China. The new government provides an opportunity for Warsaw to work with European partners to develop a China strategy that strengthens both Poland and the EU

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Articles

Beyond business as usual: A China strategy for Poland

Poland needs to rethink its approach to China. The new government provides an opportunity for Warsaw to work with European partners to develop a China strategy that strengthens both Poland and the EU

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Events

In the media