Languages: English, French, Chinese, basic Japanese
Areas of Expertise: North East Asia, Chinese foreign policy, Asian maritime security, Korean peninsula, Taiwan and cross-strait relations
Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel is Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director of the Asia and China Programme at the European Council of Foreign Relations. Based in the Paris office of the ECFR, he works on Asian security, with a focus on maritime affairs, the Korean peninsula, China’s foreign policy and EU-China relations.
Before joining ECFR in November 2015, he was Senior Researcher and the Representative in Beijing of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2011-2015), Research Fellow with Asia Centre in Paris (2007-2011) and Associate Researcher based in Taipei with Asia Centre (2004-2007). He holds a Ph.D in political science from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po, Paris). He has spent a total of nine years in Shanghai (Fudan University), Taipei (National Chengchi University) and Beijing and has been visiting scholar at the School of International Studies of Peking University in 2011/2012 and the Japan Institute of International Affairs in 2015. His latest co-authored book, China’s Strong Arm, Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad was published in the Adelphi collection by IISS and Routledge in 2015.
Podcast de notre BCM du 10 octobre : « La sécurité en Asie Orientale : une perspective Indo-Pacifique » avec Satoru Mori, professeur de politique internationale et de politique étrangère américaine à l’Université de Hosei au Japon, Maya Kandel, chargée de mission au CAPS, et modéré par Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
Mathieu Duchâtel - 01 October 2018
China’s willingness to finally downplay confrontation with Japan demonstrates the magnitude of the Trump shock in Beijing
Podcast de notre Black Coffee Morning du 19 septembre : « L’implication de la Chine en Afghanistan : développement ou endiguement ? » avec Jean-Luc Racine, vice-président d’Asia Centre, Angela Stanzel, chercheuse au programme Asie de l’ECFR, et modéré par Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
Mathieu Duchâtel & Angela Stanzel - 08 August 2018
France, Germany, Italy, and the UK are strengthening their economic defences against China. Will more follow?
Policy Brief
by Léonie Allard, Mathieu Duchâtel & François Godement - 22nd November, 2017
Pyongyang’s is prepared to carry out a pre-emptive nuclear strike against both military and civilian targets if it detects an imminent attack.
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by Léonie Allard, Mathieu Duchâtel & François Godement - 22nd November, 2017
Pyongyang’s is prepared to carry out a pre-emptive nuclear strike against both military and civilian targets if it detects an imminent attack.
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by Mathieu Duchâtel & Mark Bromley - 16th May, 2017
In the continued absence of a policy, European commercial actions in the armament sector could have a destabilising impact on Asian security.
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by Mathieu Duchâtel, Jessica Drun, Fa-Shen Vincent Wang, Yevgen Sautin, Antoine Bondaz, Hubert Kilian - 28th April, 2017
Taiwan's government has little room for manoeuvre to forge a path independently of China.
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by Mathieu Duchâtel, François Godement - 02nd November, 2016
The latest edition of China Analysis assesses the growing relationship between Russia and China.
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by Mathieu Duchâtel - 26th October, 2016
China’s response to the terror threat is becoming increasingly militarised and could accelerate if there are more attacks on Chinese nationals.
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Mathieu Duchâtel - 01 October 2018
China’s willingness to finally downplay confrontation with Japan demonstrates the magnitude of the Trump shock in Beijing
Mathieu Duchâtel & Angela Stanzel - 08 August 2018
France, Germany, Italy, and the UK are strengthening their economic defences against China. Will more follow?
Mathieu Duchâtel - 17 October 2017
The countries’ lack of crisis management discussions could allow unexpected incidents to quickly escalate
Mathieu Duchâtel - 31 August 2017
For Pyongyang, a “double suspension” agreement could be a turning point towards the goal of being recognized as a nuclear state.
Mathieu Duchâtel - 16 March 2017
Voices in favour of screening incoming Chinese investment dominate debate in Europe.
Mathieu Duchâtel - 25 November 2016
Tokyo has a good chance of persuading Trump that security co-operation with Japan is in his interests, but the end of TPP is a serious blow.
Mathieu Duchâtel - 02 March 2016
The two new additions to the sanctions regime have teeth and show how the Chinese line on sanctioning North Korea has evolved from deep suspicion to clear support.
Mathieu Duchâtel - 07 December 2015
The paradox about Japan is no longer that of an economic giant and a political dwarf; it is about the lack of significant international cooperation between Europe and Japan
Podcast de notre BCM du 10 octobre : « La sécurité en Asie Orientale : une perspective Indo-Pacifique » avec Satoru Mori, professeur de politique internationale et de politique étrangère américaine à l’Université de Hosei au Japon, Maya Kandel, chargée de mission au CAPS, et modéré par Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
Podcast de notre Black Coffee Morning du 19 septembre : « L’implication de la Chine en Afghanistan : développement ou endiguement ? » avec Jean-Luc Racine, vice-président d’Asia Centre, Angela Stanzel, chercheuse au programme Asie de l’ECFR, et modéré par Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR.
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.
Podcast du Black Coffee Morning "L’Europe contribue-t-elle à une course aux armements en Asie ?" du 11/05, animé par Richard Bitzinger, coordinateur du Military Transformations Program à la S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, et Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l'ECFR.
Podcast de la conférence "Eurasian integration: going anywhere?", organisée en collaboration avec le CERI de Sciences Po, avec Bayram Balci, ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, chercheur au CERI et à l’Institut français d’études anatoliennes d’Istanbul, Kadri Liik, Senior Policy Fellow pour le programme Wider Europe de l’ECFR, Mathieu Duchâtel, Senior Policy Fellow et directeur adjoint du programme Asie et Chine de l’ECFR, et modérée par Adrien Fauve, post-doctoral fellow au CERI.
Podcast de la conférence "Les partenaires extérieurs de l’Afrique : Chine, Japon, Europe", organisée en collaboration avec la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, avec Katsumi Hirano, Vice-Président du JETRO, Roland Marchal, Chercheur au CNRS/CERI, Mathieu Duchâtel, Directeur adjoint du programme Asie et Chine de l’ECFR, et modérée par François Godement, Directeur du programme Asie et Chine de l’ECFR.
A l’occasion de la sortie de la dernière publication de Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur adjoint du programme Asie de l’ECFR, "La Chine et le terrorisme international : vers une rupture majeure", Mathieu Duchâtel, Angela Stanzel, chercheuse au programme Asie de l’ECFR, et Jean-Luc Racine, vice-président d’Asia Centre, se retrouvent lors d'un BCM pour discuter de la manière dont la Chine envisage sa stratégie de contreterrorisme et ses conséquences en Inde et au Pakistan, notamment concernant l’équilibre régional avec l’Afghanistan.
Les discussions se font en anglais.
Mathieu Duchâtel, Deputy Director of ECFR's Asia and China Programme, discusses the changing maritime security environment in East Asia with Michito Tsuruoka, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies.
The podcast was recorded on 30 November 2016 at the sidelines of the Japan-Europe Forum for Global Issues.
Mathieu Duchâtel is interviewed by Les Echos regarding the development of China's defense industry.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted in Les Echos regarding the People's Liberation Army Marine Corps.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by La Croix regarding the arrest of ex-Interpol president Meng Hongwei.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by Le Monde regarding US-China trade and defense relations.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by La Croix regarding defense trade between Russia and China.
Mathieu Duchatel argues that as China becomes a bigger world player, it must protect its global interests and investments
Mathieu Duchatel comments on the race for supremacy between the US and China
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by La Croix regarding Russia and China's joint military exercises.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by Le Monde regarding Russia and China's joint military exercises.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted by Le Monde regarding the rescue of Chinese nationals in Yemen.
Email: mathieu.duchatel@ecfr.eu
Tel: +33 183 79 08 07