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

Insights

Geopolitics

Belt and Road

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

Podcast

Nov 07, 2024

Sun and wind - a trans-Atlantic outlook

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Oct 21, 2020

UK-China relations: From Gold to Dust (The Diplomat)

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Oct 06, 2020

Helena Legarda: Engagement with China has too often neglected the geopolitical dimension

Podcast

Sep 25, 2020

MERICS Experts 112 - Helena Legarda_global competition.mp3

Revisiting Europe‘s „One China Policy” (Handelsblatt)

Hanns W. Maull

Sep 14, 2020

China's economic model hits the wall (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Mikko Huotari

Sep 04, 2020

Tom Bayes: Security is only one aspect of China's growing influence in Africa

Podcast

Jul 16, 2020

MERICS Experts 110 - Tom Bayes-SecActor.mp3

How China strengthens its global claim to power (NZZ)

Jul 09, 2020

British MP Tom Tugendhat on the new China Research Group: We need to understand China better

Podcast

Jun 04, 2020

MERICS Experts 109 - Tom Tugendhat_UK and China_0.mp3

Events

Indo-Pacific

Geopolitics

MERICS Online Event: Taiwan's fragile New Normal

Sep. 08, 2022

Geopolitics

US-China

MERICS Future China Lecture with Kevin Rudd

Aug. 31, 2022

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