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The Institute is dedicated to expanding understanding of international affairs, particularly the interrelationship between the issue areas of conflict, security and development. The Institute’s primary areas of geographic focus are Asia and Europe’s neighborhood.  \n[www.isdp.eu](www.isdp.eu)  \nLIST OF SPEAKERS  \nDr. Angela Stanzel is a Senior Associate in the Asia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) . Her research topics include China’s foreign and security policy, and in particular EU-China relations as well as Cross-Strait relations. Before joining SWP, she was a Senior Policy Fellow in the Asia Program and the representative in Germany of Institut Montaigne. She was also the editor of the institute’s quarterly publication, China Trends. Prior to that, Angela Stanzel worked as Senior Policy Fellow and editor of China Analysis in the Asia Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Berlin. She earned her PhD in Sinology at the Free University of Berlin in 2013. Her dissertation focused on China-Pakistan relations.  \n| John S. Van Oudenaren is a research analyst at BluePath Labs specializing in Chinese foreign and security affairs. He was previously China Brief editor at the Jamestown Foundation and held roles at the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Asia Society Policy Institute, and the National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs. John holds an MA (Asian Studies) from the George Washington University and a\u003Cbr>BA (history) from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. His areas of research focus include China’s approach to major power relations, Chinese-led multilateral initiatives such as BRI and GSI, and China’s defense industrial base.\u003Cbr>|\n| --- |\n| Dr. Jiayi Zhou is a Senior Researcher atthe Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) . Her research is at the intersection of sustainable development and great power competition, with a particular focus on resource security. She has held fellowships with the Bank of Finland Institute for Transition Economics (BOFIT), Kennan Institute of the Wilson Center, Pacific Forum CSIS, and elsewhere. She is published in academic outlets in addition to her\u003Cbr>policy-related research, including Political Geography, Critical Security Studies, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, and Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science.\u003Cbr>|\n\n3  \nProfessor Masayuki Masuda, head of the China Division at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in Japan. Professor Masayuki Masuda joined the NIDS in April 2003 as a research fellow and served as head of the Government & Law Division and Asia & Africa Division. He became head of the China Division at NIDS in April, 2024. Professor Masuda also held visiting fellowship positions at the East-West Center and Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in 2015-16. In 2023-2025, he served as the Partner country Project Director (PPD) for a NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS) project looking at futures in the Indo-Pacific.  \nDr. Scott N. Romaniuk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Asia Studies, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS), and the Institute of Global Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest, as well as a Senior Researcher at the Africa Research Institute, Óbuda University, Hungary. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at The Dialogue, India. He holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento, Italy. 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