Alice EKMAN
Former Head of China Research, Center for Asian Studies
Research Interests:
- China
- Taiwan
- South Korea
Alice Ekman was Head of China research at the Center for Asian Studies. She left Ifri in September 2019. Associate professor at Sciences Po in Paris, she specializes in China’s domestic and foreign policy, Taiwan and the Korean peninsula. Her research interests also include global governance, the practice of diplomacy and the evolution of think tanks. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she regularly undertakes research fieldwork in China and East Asia and exchanges with a diversity of regional actors.
Dr. Ekman was formerly Visiting Scholar at Tsinghua University (Beijing), at National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei), and more recently at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies (Seoul). She is currently a member of the EU committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and provides China expertise to the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS). She holds a PhD from Sciences Po in International Relations and Master from the London School of Economics in International Relations, Economics, and Anthropology (China focus). Among her latest publications: La Chine dans le Monde (Ed.), CNRS Editions, February 2018.
This study seeks to lay the foundations for a better understanding of the Chinese middle classes. It goes beyond the traditional classification by revenue and identifies the distinctive features of China’s middle classes by taking into account relevant historical events, current sociopolitical...
This analysis examines the current ambiguities, priorities and approaches of Chinese foreign policy from a practitioner’s perspective, taking into account experiences of Beijing-based diplomats (interviews conducted in 2011 and 2012), in addition to recent Chinese foreign policy positions and...
For more than two decades, China's economy has been growing at an average rate of close to 10 percent. As a result of this stellar performance, China ascended to the rank of the world's second largest economy in 2010, surpassing Japan.
El régimen comunista chino hará el miércoles una exhibición de poderío ante el mundo sin reparar en medios. Doce mil soldados, 500 piezas de armamento —muchas nunca vistas en público— y 200 aeronaves participarán en un desfile militar en la plaza de Tiananmen con motivo del 70º aniversario de...
Apparue en même temps que le miracle économique, la population des couches moyennes incarne un pays en pleine mutation : confort matériel, meilleure éducation, ouverture sur le monde... mais aussi rupture avec les valeurs traditionnelles.
Trade is the focus of a three-day visit to France that Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang started on Tuesday. Beyond deals with French companies, China and France are expected to sign an agreement on joint infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa.
Michel de Grandi présente les conclusions de l'étude d'Alice Ekman sur les classes moyennes chinoises.
Le renforcement de l'alliance stratégique entre les États-Unis et le Japon, face à l'émergence économique de la Chine, a été décrypté par Claude Meyer, conseiller centre Asie de l’Ifri, enseignant à Sciences Po, auteur de "La Chine, banquier du monde" (Éd. Fayard), et "Chine ou Japon quel...
¿Qué tienen en común el trayecto de tren más largo del mundo, el puerto del Pireo y un centro logístico en Kazajistán? ¿O Duisburgo, en Alemania, las islas Maldivas y Gwadar, en Pakistán? La respuesta es China. Todos forman parte del ambicioso concepto que Pekín ha...
