Geopolitics

The first cargo ship of COSCO Shipping's "Yantai - Southeast Asia" container line loads containers at Yantai Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, August 15, 2024.

Geopolitics

Belt and Road

Mapping China’s global port network: on the backfoot in 2024, but still well entrenched

Clark Banach

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Nov 07, 2024

Research

Geopolitics

Competing with China in Africa (Friedrich Naumann Foundation)

Claus Soong, Abigaël Vasselier

External publication

Sep 27, 2024

The Digital Silk Road: A growing priority for Beijing as its tech champions expand overseas

No. 1, March 2024

Jacob Gunter

Rebecca Arcesati

Tracker

Mar 27, 2024

De-risking is not new to China, so why the surprise at the EU’s new policy?

Francesca Ghiretti

Comment

Mar 04, 2024

De-risking green tech in China: From dependence to dominance

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Mar 04, 2024

China’s long-term struggle to become integral in semiconductor supply chains

Antonia Hmaidi

Comment

Mar 04, 2024

Export controls: China’s long game to defend its tech advantage

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Mar 04, 2024

Taiwan’s election creates opportunities for Europe

Helena Legarda

Comment

Jan 19, 2024

Outlook on 2024

MERICS Briefs

Jan 18, 2024

Navigating Taiwan relations in 2024: Practical considerations for European policy makers

Helena Legarda

Abigaël Vasselier

Report

Dec 21, 2023

China’s coverage of Taiwan election shows Beijing stumped by Taiwanese identity

Sophie Reiß

Comment

Dec 21, 2023

MERICS Top China Risks 2024

Helena Legarda

Tracker

Dec 19, 2023

In a savvy disinformation offensive, China takes aim at Taiwan election

Angela Köckritz

Report

Dec 14, 2023

How the BRI is shaping global trade and what to expect from the initiative

No. 4, December 2023

Clark Banach

Jacob Gunter

Tracker

Dec 01, 2023

China Inc is recalibrating its approach to its overseas footprint as the BRI turns 10 years old

No. 3, September 2023

Jacob Gunter

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Gregor Sebastian

Tracker

Sep 27, 2023

China pushes to expand the SCO and BRICS

Helena Legarda

Aya Adachi

Rebecca Arcesati

Sophie Reiß

Tracker

Aug 24, 2023

China’s global debt holdings are increasingly a liability for Beijing

No. 2, July 2023

Jacob Gunter

Aya Adachi

François Chimits

Francesca Ghiretti

Tracker

Jul 04, 2023

Shangri-La-Summit + Trade and Technology Council + Extreme weather conditions

MERICS Briefs

Jun 08, 2023

How China imposes sanctions

A guide to the evolution of Beijing’s new policy tool

Francesca Ghiretti

Report

Jun 06, 2023

The geopolitics of China’s mediation push

Helena Legarda

Rebecca Arcesati

Katja Drinhausen

Nis Grünberg

Jacob Gunter

Tracker

May 31, 2023

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

Post-Covid momentum for China's global ambitions

No. 1, March 2023

Jacob Gunter

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Tracker

Mar 29, 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

Taiwan + Women's rights + Global internet architecture

MERICS Briefs

Jun 16, 2022

A return of bloc politics?

Helena Legarda

Comment

Jun 14, 2022

China's influence in Europe (Friedrich Naumann Stiftung)

Jan Weidenfeld

External publication

May 27, 2022

Global Security Initiative seeks international buy-in

02/2022

Helena Legarda

Rebecca Arcesati

Katja Drinhausen

Jacob Gunter

Grzegorz Stec

Valarie Tan

Tracker

May 25, 2022

A Japanese solution to the EU’s economic security struggle

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Comment

May 02, 2022

Why cross-strait relations and national identity matter more than ever in Taiwan politics

Valarie Tan

Yu-Fen Lai

Comment

Apr 05, 2022

Growing US-China rivalry in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia: Implications for the EU

Matt Ferchen

Report

Mar 24, 2022

MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker

01/2022

Helena Legarda

Jacob Gunter

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Tracker

Feb 16, 2022

Xi’s Olympic diplomacy + Chinese nuclear technology + Tech self-reliance

MERICS Briefs

Feb 10, 2022

MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker

4/2021

Helena Legarda

Jacob Gunter

John Lee

Valarie Tan

Tracker

Nov 26, 2021

Climate + China’s 50th UN anniversary + Property tax

MERICS Briefs

Oct 28, 2021

Taiwan + Power shortages + Winter Olympics

MERICS Briefs

Oct 07, 2021

COSCO takes stake in Hamburg Port terminal

Jacob Mardell

Giovanni Giamello

Tracker

Sep 30, 2021

Transatlantic cooperation on China hits choppy waters

Comment

Sep 23, 2021

AUKUS + Hong Kong + Evergrande

MERICS Briefs

Sep 23, 2021

Mapping China’s place in the global semiconductor industry

John Lee

Jan-Peter Kleinhans

Comment

Sep 14, 2021

NATO’s China conundrum

Helena Legarda

Comment

Sep 06, 2021

China and the Taliban – confidence and caution

Valarie Tan

Comment

Aug 26, 2021

Afghanistan + "Common prosperity" + Data protection law

MERICS Briefs

Aug 26, 2021

MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker

3/2021

Helena Legarda

Jacob Gunter

Nis Grünberg

John Lee

Valarie Tan

Tracker

Aug 24, 2021

Levelling the playing field in maritime shipping

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Aug 18, 2021

Executive Memo: Blast or Bluff? Gauging the momentum of transatlantic China policy

Jan Weidenfeld

Executive Memo

Aug 10, 2021

UK-China relations as viewed by Chinese think tanks and academics: Cautious optimism remains

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Comment

Jul 20, 2021

Alternatives to China’s tech authoritarianism a priority for transatlantic action

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Jul 15, 2021

China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law: A warning to the world

Katja Drinhausen

Helena Legarda

Comment

Jun 24, 2021

17+1 format + Diplomatic damage control + EU-US cooperation

Grzegorz Stec

MERICS Briefs

Jun 02, 2021

Huawei's global troubles spur Beijing’s push for self-reliance

Alexander Brown

Comment

Jun 01, 2021

China wades into the Israel-Palestine conflict once more

Helena Legarda

Comment

May 28, 2021

MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker

2/2021

Helena Legarda

Tracker

May 27, 2021

Europe shouldn’t underestimate the global appeal of China’s vaccine diplomacy

Jacob Mardell

Comment

May 03, 2021

MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker

1/2021

Helena Legarda

Tracker

Feb 18, 2021

China tries to stay out of the fray after the military coup in Myanmar

MERICS Briefs

Feb 12, 2021

Tensions between London and Beijing

MERICS Briefs

Feb 11, 2021

Biden officials stake out hawkish positions on China, Xi pushes back

MERICS Briefs

Jan 28, 2021

What tools are being enacted in Europe to deal with Chinese economic distortions on the single market?

François Chimits

External publication

Jan 27, 2021

China seeks to shore up friendships in Africa

MERICS Briefs

Jan 14, 2021

China’s rise as a global security actor: implications for NATO

Helena Legarda

Meia Nouwens

Report

Dec 21, 2020

Taiwan, Chips, and Geopolitics (The Diplomat)

John Lee

External publication

Dec 10, 2020

Xi presents China as a force for good on the global stage

MERICS Briefs

Nov 26, 2020

Learning from Russia: How China used Russian models and experiences to modernize the PLA

Mandip Singh

Report

Sep 23, 2020

The PLA’s Mask Diplomacy

China Global Security Tracker No. 7

Helena Legarda

Tracker

Aug 03, 2020

China’s growing peace and security role in Africa

Views from West Africa, implications for Europe

Tom Bayes

Report

Jul 15, 2020

Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?

Hanns W. Maull

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Jun 19, 2020

Principles of Australian grand strategy for China (The China Story)

John Lee

Jun 18, 2020

China in Francophone West Africa: A challenge to Paris

Tom Bayes

Comment

May 28, 2020

"Westlessness" - Western restlessness at China's ascent

Helena Legarda

Comment

Feb 14, 2020

China’s rhetoric meets reality: Beijing caught out by the Iran crisis

Helena Legarda

Comment

Feb 12, 2020

China Global Security Tracker No. 6

July – December 2019

Helena Legarda

Tracker

Feb 11, 2020

ASEAN’s elephant dance

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Nov 20, 2019

Presenting China as a responsible power

Helena Legarda

Comment

Aug 01, 2019

NATO needs a China policy

Helena Legarda

Meia Nouwens

Comment

Jul 25, 2019

In arms control, China needs to stop free-riding

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Feb 25, 2019

Chinese views on European defense integration

Beijing keeps a keen eye on European activities and the development of trans-Atlantic relations

Scott W. Harold

Report

Dec 19, 2018

Decoding Chinese concepts for the global order

How Chinese scholars rethink and shape foreign policy ideas

Sabine Mokry

Report

Oct 04, 2018

China as a conflict mediator

Maintaining stability along the Belt and Road

Helena Legarda

Comment

Aug 22, 2018

China’s new foreign policy setup

Thomas S. Eder

Comment

Aug 01, 2018

Inner-Korean entente will not change power dynamic in China’s favor

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Feb 26, 2018

China fights for Iran deal to fulfill its own geo-economic interests

Rebecca McKimm

Comment

Jan 16, 2018

China’s new global politics: the imperial turn

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Jan 04, 2018

China's state security strategy: 'everyone is responsible'

Samantha Hoffman

Comment

Dec 12, 2017

China’s Emergence as a Global Security Actor

Strategies for Europe

Mikko Huotari

Jan Weidenfeld

Thomas S. Eder

Helena Legarda

Sabine Mokry

Report

Jun 23, 2017

Around the World in 1,000 Days

Xi’s Superpower Diplomacy in Practice

Nabil Alsabah

Comment

Jun 29, 2016

China's nuclear industry goes global

International nuclear projects with major Chinese participation

Jost Wübbeke

Comment

May 20, 2016

Xi Jinping Carrying Out Total Overhaul of the Military

Nabil Alsabah

Comment

Mar 04, 2016

China’s Shadow Foreign Policy

Parallel Structures Challenge the Established International Order

Mikko Huotari

Sebastian Heilmann

Moritz Rudolf

Johannes Buckow

Report

Oct 28, 2014

Russland wendet sich China zu

Ukraine-Krise bewirkt geostrategische Verschiebungen zugunsten Chinas

Moritz Rudolf

Studie

May 16, 2014

Securing the “China Dream”

What Xi Jinping wants to achieve with the National Security Commission (NSC)

Qin Liwen

Report

Feb 24, 2014

Insights

Geopolitics

Belt and Road

China’s global port politics, with Clark Banach and Jacob Gunter

Podcast

Nov 07, 2024

Events

Geopolitics

Telling China's story well – Beijing’s attempts to reign into media in Africa and Europe

Jan. 28, 2021

Geopolitics

A rising China – the view from NATO: A discussion with Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison

Dec. 09, 2020

Experts on Geopolitics

Abigaël Vasselier

Director Policy & European Affairs/Head of Program Foreign Relations

Helena Legarda

Lead Analyst

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

Grzegorz Stec

Head of Brussels Office

Claus Soong

Analyst