Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Principal Researcher at Grandview Institution, and Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Associate Research Fellow, Belt and Road Academy of Beijing Language and Culture University
Aug 22
The European Union’s ongoing pursuit of an economy-first strategy continues to encounter significant obstacles, especially the erosion of its economic autonomy resulting from the strategic concessions it has made to the United St...
Associate Research Fellow, Belt and Road Academy of Beijing Language and Culture University
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Aug 12
Prohibitive penalties on the poorest countries threaten to destabilize these fragile economies and deprive tens of millions of poor people of their livelihoods. Trump’s tariffs are not only unjustified, but also immoral. And this...
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Senior Fellow at Beijing Taihe Institute
Aug 22
The war in Ukraine grinds on into its fourth year, and yet peace seems elusive. American President Donald Trump recently met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. Some hailed this as a breakthrough; others derided...
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Senior Fellow at Beijing Taihe Institute
Director and Research Fellow at Department for European-Central Asian Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Aug 22
While presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin both got something out of the virtual bust, Europe and Ukraine are actually relieved that they failed to reach an agreement. This not only preserves Europe’s dignity but keeps the ...
Director and Research Fellow at Department for European-Central Asian Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute
Aug 26
The Alaska Summit signals a revival of major power coordination, with Europe determined not to forsake the peace dividends it has accrued over the decades. Seasoned by centuries of geopolitical maneuvering, European powers are poi...
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute
Senior Fellow, Institute of Global Governance and Development, Renmin University of China
Aug 22
Actual improvement of the bilateral relationship between the United States an Russia should be helpful in ending the war in Ukraine. Virtually any effort that facilitates sustainable peace is worthy of China’s support. So the mee...
Senior Fellow, Institute of Global Governance and Development, Renmin University of China
Founder, Difference Group
Aug 28
As the endgame looms over the proxy war in Ukraine, the catastrophic costs of the unwarranted conflict continue to soar. There was an alternative future for Ukraine, based on development. But it was purposely denied.
Founder, Difference Group
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Aug 01
At the 25th China-EU Summit in Beijing, Chinese and European leaders acknowledged both overlapping interests and deep divergences, especially over China’s seeming alignment with Russia and the Ukraine war. While Beijing seeks imp...
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Principal Researcher at Grandview Institution, and Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar