Nadège Rolland

Nadège Rolland
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Nadège Rolland is Senior Fellow, Political and Security Affairs, at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), based in Seattle and Washington, DC. Her research focuses mainly on China's foreign and defense policy and the changes in global dynamics resulting from the rise of China. Drawing on her 20 years of experience as a French government official, she also examines the prospects for trans-Atlantic cooperation in research and policy related to Asia.

She is the author of China's Eurasian Century? Political and Strategic Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (2017), China’s Vision for a New World Order (2020) and editor of Securing the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Evolving Military Engagement Along the Silk Roads (2019).

Prior to joining the NBR, Nadège Rolland was an analyst and Senior Advisor on Asian and Chinese strategic issues to the French Ministry of Defense (1994-2014) and a research analyst for Singapore RSIS (2007-2008). She is a graduate of the National Institute of Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations and of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and a National Taiwan Normal University alumna.

The battle for Africa
The battle for Africa
A US-led coalition of Western democracies versus a China-led circle of developing friends.
China and the Rules‑Based Order
Interactives
China and the Rules‑Based Order
Seven experts debate China’s approach to the rules‑based international order
China’s counteroffensive in the war of ideas
China’s counteroffensive in the war of ideas
Mirroring its “anti-access, area denial” military strategy, China has Western discourse power in its scopes.
Belt and Road - The Next Phase, with Nadege Rolland and Wang Yiwei
Podcasts
Belt and Road - The Next Phase, with Nadege Rolland and Wang Yiwei
Episode 11: The next phase of China's massive Belt and Road Initiative is shifting emphasis after foreign criticism. But how much in the BRI has really changed, and is there any…
Post-Soviet states feel lure of (Chinese) socialism
Post-Soviet states feel lure of (Chinese) socialism
China has become an increasingly important player in the heart of post-communist Europe.
All aboard the Belt and Road Initiative? Not so fast…
All aboard the Belt and Road Initiative? Not so fast…
Western governments need to recognise that, if successful, BRI’s outcome would be contrary to both their interests and their values.
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