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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
From the outside, China’s foreign policy making often seems opaque. Sabine Mokry’s new book Chinese Scholars and Think Tanks’ Influence on the Construction of China’s National Interest (Routledge, 2026) demonstrates that we can understand these processes better by paying attention to what Chinese experts are saying and where they are located in the Chinese system. In her talk, Sabine Mokry will demonstrate how the role of Chinese experts has changed under Xi Jinping. However, despite centralization of political power, Chinese scholars and think tank analysts can still exert influence on foreign policy. Their influence depends not only on their proximity to the party state but also on the state’s signaled demand for expertise.
Speaker:
Sabine Mokry is a Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Leiden University (Netherlands). For the 2023-2024 academic year, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program. Before pursuing her PhD, she worked at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) as a Research Associate focusing on China’s foreign and security policy.
Moderator:
Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller is a Research Fellow at the GIGA.
Information on participating / attending:
Registration on the event website.
Date:
03/25/2026 12:30 - 03/25/2026 13:45
Event venue:
Online
Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Politics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
02/23/2026
Sender/author:
Finn Schlesselmann
Department:
Fachabteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event81044
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