Demystifying the EU's China Policy 2.0

With EU-China relations set to be a major theme at the upcoming EU leaders' summit on June 29-30, 2023, we aim to explore what the EU's new China policy should encompass. The webinar will question the extent to which the emerging concept of ‘de-risking’ applies to the daily interactions between Brussels and Beijing and how it aligns with the somewhat erratic characterisation of China as a "competitor, partner, and rival.

Speaker

Noah Barkin is a Senior Advisor in Rhodium Group’s China practice, based in Berlin, where he focuses on Europe-China relations and transatlantic China policy. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and creator of the popular "Watching China in Europe" newsletter. Previously he worked as a bureau chief, regional editor and Europe correspondent for Reuters, based in Berlin, Paris, London and New York. He has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, Foreign Policy and Politico, as well as leading European publications. Noah is a regular speaker and moderator on European foreign policy issues, is quoted widely in the press, and is the author of a book on the euro. He has been a visiting fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin and the American-German Institute in Washington. A native Californian, he has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and French from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Moderator

Mahmoud Javadi is a postgraduate researcher in the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Before joining the EUI, he worked with various research think tanks, where he produced policy papers and briefs on European foreign, security, and defense policies in the Asian Continent. His most recent experience includes conducting research on the Middle East at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mahmoud’s research focuses on EU grand strategy and European powers’ policies in Asia at large.