Dr Mathieu Duchâtel

duchatel130x100.jpgCitizenship: France
Position at SIPRI: Senior researcher and Head of the Project
Subject expertise:
International and regional security; foreign policy decision-making processes; terrorism; maritime security; non-traditional security
Regional expertise: China, East Asia, Taiwan and cross-strait relations
Languages: English, Chinese, French
Education: PhD in Political Science, Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris
Contact: Email  Phone: 
+86 -13521688063 (Beijing)

Dr Mathieu Duchâtel joined SIPRI’s China and International Peace and Security Project in July 2011 as senior researcher and is Head of the Project since October 2012.

Current activities at SIPRI
  • Maritime security in East Asia
  • Europe-China security cooperation
  • Non-interference and China's foreign policy
Former positions
  • Research Fellow, Asia Centre, centre études Asie, Paris, 2006-2011
  • Chief Editor, China Analysis, joint publication of Asia Centre and the European Council on Foreign Relations, 2007-2011
  • Lecturer, Sciences Po Paris and the French National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations, 2008-2011
Prefessional Affiliations
  • Associate Research Fellow, Asia Centre, Paris
  • Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS), member
  • European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), member
  • French Association of Chinese Studies (AFEC), member
Recent publications (selection)
  • "The European Union and the modernization of the People’s Liberation Army Navy: the limits of Europe’s strategic irrelevance”, China Perspectives, 2011/4, pp. 31-43 (with Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix)
  • “The terrorist factor in China’s policy towards Pakistan: strategic reassurance and the united front”, The Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 20, no. 71, September 2011, pp. 543-561
  • "Géopolitique des relations sino-pakistanaises à l’ère du terrorisme", Hérodote, n°4, 2010, [Geopolitics of China-Pakistan Relations in the Era of Terrorism], pp. 156-174
  • “Between hedging and bandwagoning for profit, Taiwan’s mainland policy under Ma Ying-jeou”, 7th annual conference on EU-China relations and cross-strait relations, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, June 5/6, 2010, available online on www.swp-berlin.org.
  • "La politique extérieure de la Chine : des responsabilités internationales sélectives", in Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Asie, forces et incertitudes de la locomotive du monde, Paris, La documentation française, 2010, pp. 31-49. [China’s foreign policy: selective international responsibilities]
  • “Introduction: Chinese politics under Hu Jintao”, Journal of Current China Affairs, vol 28, n°3, 2009, pp. 3-13 (with François Godement)