Activities

China’s Private Sector in International Affairs

Chinese private companies have become central to the US–China technological competition and increasingly important to China’s foreign relations, argues Sabine Mokry  ...

Voting Patterns of Authoritarian States in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

In her article for the German Review on the United Nations, Sabine Mokry examines the voting patterns of China, Russia, Iran,  ...

How Authoritarians Cooperate

China has significantly expanded its security cooperation with other authoritarian regimes over the past decade. In her article for the European  ...

Sabine Mokry in the Media: China’s Foreign Policy Machine

Sabine Mokry spoke with “The Great Power Show” podcast about China’s foreign policy apparatus (link).  ...

Podcast: Inside China’s Foreign Policy Machine

If you were a policymaker or analyst in Beijing, how would you assess the balance between threat and opportunity? This is  ...

Implications of China’s Arms Control White Paper

China has published its first White Paper on arms control in two decades, signaling a more determined stance that combines long-standing  ...

Sabine Mokry in the Media: China’s Global Influence

Sabine Mokry gave an interview to Deutsche Welle on China’s global influence amid the declining leadership of the US (link).  ...

Sabine Mokry in the Media: Interview with CSIS Podcast

Sabine Mokry gave an interview to the CSIS podcast “Pekingology” about how experts shape Chinese foreign policy (link).  ...

Ulrich Kühn in the Media: Trump and Europe

Ulrich Kühn spoke with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (link) and SWR Aktuell (link) about current relations between Europe and the US  ...

New Team Member in the IFSH Berlin Office

Since January 2026, Tristan Volpe has joined the project team in the IFSH Berlin office as a Research Associate. He is  ...