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Macron’s passage to India: a missed opportunity for Europe (Commentary)
Tara Varma - 16 March 2018
Macron’s message to Modi was “Choose France”, rather than “Choose Europe”.
Trump-Kim: Reading through the liar's poker (Commentary)
François Godement - 14 March 2018
Each of the two has a personal and strategic interest in reaching an agreement. They can no longer stop the game that they have started.
Xi’s rule for life: what does our anxiety reveal? (Commentary)
François Godement - 28 February 2018
"With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat" (John Milton)
May unwavering in China (Commentary)
François Godement - 07 February 2018
Even though the UK is currently weakened by Brexit, May showed true British stubborness during her visit in China and did not bow down to their demands.
EU-Japan partnership agreements herald new era of closer cooperation (Commentary)
Irina Angelescu - 29 January 2018
The intensification of negotiations between the EU and Japan came in response to broader geopolitical developments such as the rise of China, Trump, and Brexit.
The future of Europe-China relations.
Mark Leonard speaks to François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier from the ECFR Asia & China team to get their reactions to President Macron's recent visit to China. They discuss the relationship between Europe and China more broadly, using the findings from their recent publication "China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations".
Bookshelf:
François: Red Swan: How Unorthodox Policy-making Facilitated China's Rise, by Sebastien Heilman
Abigaël: The Lady and the Generals, by Peter Popham
Mark: China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations by François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier
Dancing with the bear: Macron in China (Commentary)
François Godement - 12 January 2018
In different ways, Macron and Xi exemplify the rise of individual authority and personal aura over party politics.
La Chine aux portes de l’Europe
Discussion avec Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR et François Godement, directeur du programme Asie de l'ECFR du 18/12/2017 à propos de la sortie du nouveau Power Audit sur les relations Chine-UE.
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Fear and loathing on the New Silk Road: Chinese security in Afghanistan and beyond
by Angela Stanzel - 12th July, 2018
China’s priorities are shifting towards the containment of security threats in its region, and Europe should capitalise on this trend.
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The Trump opportunity: Chinese perceptions of the US administration
by Camille Boullenois, Jiakun Jack Zhang, Melanie Hart, Blaine Johnson, Earl Wang - 20th June, 2018
Four views from our authors on Chinese and Taiwanese views of the roots of Trump's strategy and trade policy, and Chinese blind spots
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Blue China: Navigating the Maritime Silk Road to Europe
by Mathieu Duchâtel and Alexandre Sheldon Duplaix - 23rd April, 2018
China’s Maritime Silk Road project is affecting Europe in vital areas of interest like maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the global reach of the Chinese navy.
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The United Nations of China: A vision of the world order
by François Godement, Moritz Rudolf, Marc Julienne,
Marie-Hélène Schwoob & Kata Isenring-Szabó - 12th April, 2018China has already brought the world “Socialism with Chinese characteristics”. Will its next goal be a “United Nations with Chinese characteristics”?
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Europe’s China vetoes (Commentary)
Mathieu Duchâtel & Angela Stanzel - 08 August 2018
France, Germany, Italy, and the UK are strengthening their economic defences against China. Will more follow?
Big in Asia: Behind the rhetoric of EU relations with China and Japan (Commentary)
François Godement - 20 July 2018
The last ten days have been big for the EU and its partners in Asia, namely China and Japan. With EU-China and EU-Japan summits resulting in historic agreements, the EU is slowly strengthening its relationships with allies to the east.
Trump cannot bring Europe and China together (Commentary)
François Godement - 06 July 2018
Donald Trump’s attack on the international trading system is changing the EU's relationship with China
Trump-Kim summit: Gambler’s diplomacy (Commentary)
François Godement - 13 June 2018
The agreement is a dead end sold as the road to denuclearisation and peace – and, as such, it beggars belief.
Birds of different feathers: why the North Korea and Iran problems require distinct solutions (Commentary)
François Godement - 25 May 2018
Europe’s most useful role is to push for steady American policies. It is also to convince Iran that a compromise on missiles is in its own interest.
The ECFR Power Audits (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş & François Godement & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro - 25 May 2018
The four power audits show that Europeans, particularly when working together, retain the capacity to cooperate and compete effectively with all these powers. But they also show that, in each case, Europe is failing to do so.
The Inter-Korean Summit: Peace is not – yet – at hand (Commentary)
François Godement - 04 May 2018
North Korea is not yet denuclearized. To get there, China will have to play significant role in the negotiations.
Why China (probably) won’t go to trade war with America (Commentary)
François Godement - 20 April 2018
The US protecting its own technology is not the same as a trade war. But were such a war to emerge, it may well be the apparently invulnerable Xi Jinping rather than the bullishly confident Donald Trump who finds his country worse off as a result
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Is Our China Policy Hostage to Transatlantic Relations?
London - 20 Jun 18
A follow-up to “China at the gates: A new power audit of EU – China relations” by François Godement & Abigaël Vasselier
Une Chine bleue : économie de la mer, puissance navale et relations avec l’Europe
Paris - 07 Jun 18
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un Black Coffee Morning (BCM) avec Mathieu Duchâtel, senior policy fellow à l’ECFR et Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix, du Service historique de la Défense et Sébastien Falletti et Sébastien Falletti, correspondant du Figaro et du Point en Asie.
« Kim-Trump, les enjeux du bras de fer nucléaire »
Paris - 05 Jun 18
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un point de situation sur le nucléaire nord-coréen à l’occasion de la parution du nouveau livre de Sébastien Falletti, correspondant du Figaro et du Point en Asie, La piste Kim, voyage au cœur de la Corée du Nord, Des Equateurs, 2018.
La Chine aux portes de l’Europe
Paris - 15 Mar 18
BCM avec François Godement et Sylvie Kauffmann, "La Chine aux portes de l'Europe"
« The North Korean Dilemma: Policy Options for Japan »
Paris - 13 Mar 18
L'ECFR a le plaisir de vous convier à un BCM avec Mathieu Duchâtel et Yasuyo Sakata.
Russian and Chinese defence industries developments and their implications for Europe
Paris - 13 Feb 18
L'ECFR a le plaisir de vous convier à un BCM avec Nicu Popescu, Cyrille Bret, Mathieu Duchâtel et Gustavl Gressel. (L'événement est complet)
China at the Gates:EU and Japanese perspectives on China’s new global posture
Warsaw - 25 Jan 18
How to react to China’s new ambitions?
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Is our China policy hostage to transatlantic relations?
A follow-up discussion to “China at the gates: A new power audit of EU – China relations” by François Godement & Abigaël Vasselier. Speaker is François Godement and chair Mark Leonard.
Trump-Kim summit: Has the West lost it?
Mark Leonard speaks with Professor Kishore Mahbubani about the talks between the US president and North Korea’s leader, its outcome and implications for the US’s future role in Asia.
Bookshelf:
Has the West lost it? A Provocation by Kishore Mahbuhbani www.penguin.co.uk/books/306226/has…he-west-lost-it/
Digital supremacy
Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, Angela Stanzel and André Loesekrug-Pietri, about the international race to develop artificial intelligence. The podcast was recorded on 4 June 2018.
Bookshelf:
Mao - The unknown story by Jon Halliday
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking the public and private sector by Marianna Mazzucato
The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Mindful Tech by David M. Levy
Liquid Surveillnace - A Conversation by Zymnunt Bauman
Kanzlerin Merkel in Gespraech in FAZ am Sonntag
The future of Europe-China relations.
Mark Leonard speaks to François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier from the ECFR Asia & China team to get their reactions to President Macron's recent visit to China. They discuss the relationship between Europe and China more broadly, using the findings from their recent publication "China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations".
Bookshelf:
François: Red Swan: How Unorthodox Policy-making Facilitated China's Rise, by Sebastien Heilman
Abigaël: The Lady and the Generals, by Peter Popham
Mark: China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations by François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier
La Chine aux portes de l’Europe
Discussion avec Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR et François Godement, directeur du programme Asie de l'ECFR du 18/12/2017 à propos de la sortie du nouveau Power Audit sur les relations Chine-UE.
What did we learn from China's Party Congress?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the major takeways from China's 19th Party Congress with ECFR’s head of Asia & China programme François Godement and China expert Jérôme Doyon.
The podcast was recorded on 20th October 2017.
Bookshelf:
Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Outre-Terre: Le Voyage a Eylau
Angela Stanzel (ed.), Grand Designs: Does China have a ‘Grand Strategy’?
Mathieu Duchâtel, EU should host US-China contingency talks on North Korean nuclear crisis
Le 19ème Congrès et la Chine de Xi Jinping
Podcast du Black Coffee Morning "Le 19ème Congrès et la Chine de Xi Jinping" du 13/10/2017 animé par François Bougon, auteur du tout récent ouvrage « Dans la tête de Xi Jinping » (Paris, Actes Sud, octobre 2017) et par François Godement, directeur du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
Les nouvelles routes de la Soie, une grande stratégie pour la Chine ?
Podcast de la discussion "Les nouvelles routes de la Soie, une grande stratégie pour la Chine ?" du 11 juillet 2017, avec Nadège Rolland, Senior Fellow pour les Affaires politiques et de sécurité au National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) et Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
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South China Morning Post
06th August, 2018
The French military’s ‘political messengers’ are countering Beijing in the South China Sea, according to Mathieu Duchatel
Europe and Asia Move to Bolster Global Systems That Trump Has Attacked
18th July, 2018
Mark Leonard comments on Europe's growing relationship with China for The New York Times.
Seven Equities
18th July, 2018
François Godement quoted in Seven Equities regarding the call of the UE to "avoid chaos" after the Trump-Poutin meeting.
As Tensions With US Worsen, Europe Courts New Partners
17th July, 2018
Mark Leonard comments on the new EU-Japan trade deal, EU's largest ever trade deal, for the NYT.
Les Echos
16th July, 2018
Interview of François Godement in Les Echos about the rapprochement between China and Europe.
Play RTS
12th June, 2018
François Godement analyses the diplomatic challenges of the Kim-Trump meeting for Play RTS.
BFM TV
12th June, 2018
Mathieu Duchâtel quoted by BFM TV regarding the joint text signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Les Echos
12th June, 2018
François Godement cited in Les Echos following the Trump-Kim Summit and the joint text signed by the leaders.
France Info
12th June, 2018
François Godement quoted by France Info following the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore.
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Le Parisien
11th June, 2018
Mathieu Duchâtel interviewed in Le Parisien regarding the upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.