Activities

Sabine Mokry in the Media: Maduro’s Capture and China

Sabine Mokry spoke with the Wall Street Journal about how Maduro’s capture is affecting China’s ambitions in Latin America (link).  ...

New Security Policy Challenges for Europe Posed by China

In her article for Internationale Politik, Sabine Mokry analyzes China’s security policy entanglements with other autocracies. Unlike Western alliances, these relationships  ...

China Aims to Influence Global Arms Control Debates

The People’s Republic of China’s State Council has published a new arms control white paper, signalling Beijing’s intention to shape emerging  ...

Why Expert Access Matters in Chinese Foreign Policy Making

Chinese foreign policy experts’ influence fluctuates with their institutional proximity to the state and the leadership’s demand for advice, argues Sabine  ...

Understanding China’s Position on NATO

How does China talk about NATO and why does it matter? In her piece for The Diplomat, Sabine Mokry analyses China’s  ...

Book Presentation: Scientific Expertise and Political Power in Chinese Foreign Policy

On November 24, 2025, the IFSH Berlin Office hosted the presentation and subsequent discussion of the recently published book Chinese Scholars  ...

Book Presentation and Discussion with Dr Sabine Mokry

Hidden Hand on Demand – Scientific Expertise and Political Power in China’s Foreign Policy Monday, 24 November 2025, 1:30–3:00 p.m. IFSH Berlin Office,  ...

Who Constructs China’s National Interest?

How do IR scholars in mainland China and analysts at Chinese foreign policy think tanks influence the construction of China’s national  ...

Lukas Mengelkamp in the Media: Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska

Lukas Mengelkamp spoke with WDR about expectations around the meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska (link).  ...

Sabine Mokry in the Media: Chinese Policy Documents

In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Sabine Mokry spoke about the importance of Western capabilities to read original  ...