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.
Mathieu Duchâtel & Angela Stanzel - 08 August 2018
France, Germany, Italy, and the UK are strengthening their economic defences against China. Will more follow?
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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Mathieu Duchâtel - 17 October 2017
The countries’ lack of crisis management discussions could allow unexpected incidents to quickly escalate
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 & 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 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.
A l’occasion de la sortie du nouveau China Analysis, Mathieu Duchâtel, Directeur adjoint du programme Asie et Chine de l’ECFR, Nicu Popescu, Senior analyste au European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), et Jérôme Doyon, Associate Fellow et éditeur du China Analysis, ont discuté, lors d'un BCM organisé à l'ECFR Paris, du jeu d'alliance entre la Chine et la Russie.
Brexit, 16+1, peace and security cooperation – At the occasion of ECFR's European China Forum in Berlin, Mathieu Duchâtel, Deputy Director of ECFR’s Asia and China Programme and Senior Policy Fellow, discussed the state of the EU-China relations with Professor Chen Zhimin, director of the Department of International Politics at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University. (The podcast was recorded on 30 September 2016)
The French military’s ‘political messengers’ are countering Beijing in the South China Sea, according to Mathieu Duchatel
Mathieu Duchâtel interviewed in Le Parisien regarding the upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
In an op-ed for Le Monde, Mathieu Duchâtel describes whats at stake before the Trump-Kim Summit.
Mathieu Duchâtel participated in a debat on France Culture in order to discuss the anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Mathieu Duchâtel is quoted on the organization by China of the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, almost at the same time as the G7 Summit in Canada.
Mathieu Duchâtel cited in Le Figaro regarding the importance of Taiwan in the eyes of the Chinese government.
Mathieu Duchâtel cited in La Parisien discussing the possibility of a Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Mathieu Duchâtel a répondu aux questions des lecteurs du Monde à propos de l'annonce que Donald Trump a accepté de rencontrer Kim Jong-un.
Mathieu Duchâtel cité dans Le Figaro à propos de l'hégémonisme de Xi Jinping.
Email: mathieu.duchatel@ecfr.eu
Tel: +33 183 79 08 07