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The Geopolitics of Tech & Trust, China’s Dilemma, Europe’s Moment • Jean-Baptiste Monnier, PhD
PDF | The Geopolitics of Tech & Trust, China’s Dilemma, Europe’s Moment Jean-Baptiste Monnier, PhD, COO & VP of Asia

Securing the Belt and Road: The Foreign Policy Function of Chinese Private Security Companies • Georg Bossle
PDF | Securing the Belt and Road Georg Bossle was awarded first price of Prix Asia Centre for its essay

Asia Sparks | Dancing in Lockstep: A new Chapter of Sino-Indian Relations ?
PDF Dancing in Lockstep: Pauline Geyer, sparker at Asia Centre, and Anna Aiko Birrer, both pursuing a Dual Degree with

Beyond the Blocs: Asia’s take on the conflict in Ukraine • Arnaud Leveau (PhD)
PDF Beyond the Blocs: Asia’s take on the conflict in Ukraine By Arnaud Leveau (PhD), President of Asia Centre The

Cambodia-Thailand: a border crisis masking deeper fault lines • Dr. Arnaud Leveau
PDF Cambodia-Thailand border crisis: In his latest analysis, Dr. Arnaud Leveau explores how the resurgence of tensions between Cambodia and

From Cognac to Electric Vehicles: Strategic Disenchantment in the Europe–China Trade Relationship • Dr. Arnaud Leveau
PDF From Cognac to Electric Vehicles: Strategic Disenchantment in the Europe–China Trade Relationship • Dr. Arnaud Leveau Dr. Arnaud Leveau,

[Press release] Arnaud Leveau Appointed President of Asia Centre | A New Chapter for the Think Tank
Press release A New Chapter for Asia Centre : Arnaud Leveau Appointed President of an Expanded Team View the press

Lianghui 2025 and Beyond: Between Economic Slowdown and Trump 2.0
PDF Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan published a new policy brief “Lianghui 2025 and Beyond: Between Economic Slowdown and Trump 2.0”. This

Code Wars: Where Tech meets Geopolitics • Jean-Baptiste Monnier
PDF Code Wars, 2025 – 02 Where Tech meets Geopolitics Jean-Baptiste Monnier, PhD VP Digital Governance Asia Centre jb.monnier@asiacentre.eu DeepSeek,

Mauritius between India, China and the World • Jean-Pierre Cabestan & Alistair Cole
PDF Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong Baptist University and Senior Researcher at Asia Centre in Paris, and Alistair Cole,

[Asia Sparks] China-Taiwan Tensions as illustrated by “DiploMatrix” tracking methodology • Pauline Geyer & François Issard
PDF Pauline Geyer, sparker at Asia Centre, coached by François Issard, researcher at Asia Centre, published a paper analysing China-Taiwan

The resilience of the Taiwanese democracy challenged from the outside and the inside – A look back at William Lai term’s beginning during the 2024 year • Maëlle Lefèvre
PDF Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre, published an article examining the challenges to Taiwan’s democratic resilience in 2024, marked by