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Earl Wang
Associate Researcher
Center for International Studies (CERI)
Duration: from 14 March 2025 to 13 March 2028
earl.wang@sciencespo.frResearch Interest(s): EU and Member States, East Asia, the PRC, grand strategy, foreign and security policy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Science, technology and power, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): East Asia, European Union, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Biography
Earl Wang is an associate researcher and lecturer at the Centre for International Studies (CERI) - Sciences Po/CNRS. His research focuses on grand strategy and EU foreign policy, particularly towards China and the Indo-Pacific region.
He is also an associate researcher with the Europe-Transatlantic-Russia Department at the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. He is on the Editorial Board of the journal European Review of International Studies (ERIS).
He earned his PhD in Political Science (International Relations) from Sciences Po (supervisor: Professor Christian Lequense). He has held visiting fellowships at research institutions in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, and Prague. He teaches at Undergraduate College, School of Public Affairs, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), and Executive Education of Sciences Po.
Thesis topic
European Union Foreign Policy towards the People’s Republic of China (2013‑2019): Formulation of a Grand Strategy? sous la direction de/supervised by Christian Lequesne
publications
Xi’s tour of Europe puts China’s self-delusion on display. East Asia Forum, 22 June 2024.
De-risking must be Team Europe’s strategy on China. Euractiv, 3 May 2024.
The EU's Global Gateway strategy's alleged weaknesses are actually its strengths. Euronews, 10 January 2024.
Amphibious Diplomacy: Bilateral Investment Agreement Negotiation between the European Union and Taiwan, European Review of International Studies, Vol. 10, n°1, 2023, pp. 1-27.
What Macron makes of the Taiwan Litmus Test, East Asia Forum, 12 May 2023.
European institutional complexities and EU-Taiwan relations, East Asia Forum, 6 December 2022.
Taïwan, « 30 % du destin, 70 % des efforts » : quelle résilience technologique ? Diplomatie. Les grands dossiers, 70 (October-November), 2022.
[with Salih Bora, Léonard Colomba-Petteng, Christian Lequesne] Remote Interviews of Brussels Elites During the COVID-19 Crisis. SAGE Research Methods Cases, online, SAGE, 2022.
EU’S Paradigm Shift towards the Rise of China. IRSEM - Research Papers, n°124, 2022.
Veille Scientifique - Remarks As Prepared for Delivery of Ambassador Katherine Tai Outlining the Biden-Harris Administration’s “New Approach to the U.S.-China Trade Relationship”. La Lettre de l'IRSEM, October 2021, pp. 21-22.
The EU’s Stake in the Taiwan Strait Issue, The Diplomat, 21 June 2021.
Crise de la Covid-19 et conflits d’image. in Christian Lequesne, La puissance par l'image. Les Etats et leur diplomatie publique, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, pp. 86-89, 2021.
As Trump fades, the EU and US find common cause in facing up to China. The Conversation, 9 December 2020.
How Will the EU Answer China’s Turn Toward ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy’? The Diplomat, 30 July 2020.
[with Christian Lequesne] Covid-19: Lessons from China’s public diplomacy in the EU. The Conversation, 24 June 2020.
