Frans-Paul van der Putten is a researcher and consultant on China and its role in global geopolitics, and the founder of ChinaGeopolitics. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Clingendael Institute, where he previously was the coordinator of the Clingendael China Centre (2019-2022). Frans-Paul studied history at Leiden University, where he specialized in the history of European imperialism in East Asia. He wrote a doctoral dissertation on political risk and business strategies in early 20th-century China. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions. Prior to working for Clingendael (2007-2022), he worked as a researcher at Nyenrode Business University (2001-2006).

Research interests

• China and geopolitics
• China-US-EU relations
• China and economic security
• Regional security order in Asia Pacific
• BRI and the Maritime Silk Road

PROJECTS & PUBLICATIONS

DPC Report: Europe’s Strategic Technology Autonomy From China
https://leidenasiacentre.nl/dpc-report-europes-strategic-technology-autonomy-from-china/

Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048553952/global-perspectives-on-china-s-belt-and-road-initiative

Assessing China’s Influence in Europe through Investments in Technology and Infrastructure: Four Cases
https://leidenasiacentre.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Influence-in-Europe-through-Investments-and-Technology-anf-infra.pdf

CONTACT

fp@chinageopolitics.nl

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