John SEAMAN
Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
Research Interests:
- Chinese energy and raw materials policy
- Geopolitics and political economy of Asia
- U.S.-China and Europe-China relations
- Geopolitics of the energy and digital transitions
- Chinese industrial strategy and foreign policy
- Critical raw materials (esp. Rare Earth Elements)
- Technical standardization
John Seaman specializes in the geopolitics and political economy of East Asia and on China’s relations with Europe and the United States. He also conducts research on China's industrial strategy and foreign policy, the geopolitics of the energy and digital transitions, and the political economy of critical raw materials.
Mr. Seaman joined Ifri in 2009. He holds a Master in International Affairs from Sciences Po, Paris, a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics from Seattle University, and studied as a NSEP David L. Boren Scholar at the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (2002-03). He was an International Research Fellow with Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) in Tokyo (2013-18).
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