HomeAuthorsFrançois Godement François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America Associate ExpertSuivre AsiaFrançois Godement is Institut Montaigne’s Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and an external consultant for the Policy Planning Staff of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Until December 2018, he was the Director of ECFR’s Asia & China Program and a Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR.A long-time professor at France’s National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations (INALCO) and Sciences Po, he created Centre Asie IFRI at the Paris-based Institut français des relations internationales (1985-2005), and in 2005 Asia Centre. In 1995 he co-founded the European committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP), which he co-chaired until 2008. He is a graduate of the École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm (Paris), where he majored in history, and was a postgraduate student at Harvard University.His last published books are Les mots de Xi Jinping, Dalloz, 2021 and La Chine à nos portes - une stratégie pour l'Europe (with Abigaël Vasselier), Odile Jacob, 2018.He recently authored the following Institut Montaigne’s policy papers: China’s Change of Economic Model: Not So Fast! (June 2022), Rebooting Europe’s China Strategy (May 2022, with Ian Bond, Hanns W. Maull and Volker Stanzel), Xi Jinping as an Ordoliberal: China's Margins for Growth in 2022 (February 2022), China’s Economic Rebound: Views from Beijing (June 2021), Wins and Losses in the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI) (January 2021), France and Germany Together: Promoting a European China Policy (November 2020), Europe’s Pushback on China (June 2020), Fighting COVID-19: East Asian Responses to the Pandemic (April 2020, with Mathieu Duchâtel and Viviana Zhu), Digital Privacy, How Can We Win the Battle? (December 2019) and Europe and 5G: the Huawei Case (May 2019, with Mathieu Duchâtel).PublicationsPolicy PaperApril 2023Cross-border Data Flows: the Choices for EuropeCross-border data flows govern almost everything we do today. States are facing a dilemma between protection of their data and benefits from free-flow. Europe faces a challenge from the US, the dominating actor in the digital world, and a threat from China’s authoritarian model. Europe must make choices to strengthen its position in the digital field.March 2023China Trends #15 - China’s Diplomacy: A Triumph of Cost-Benefit AnalysisChina Trends #15 by Institut Montaigne.October 2022China Trends #14 - Figures of Speech in China’s Foreign PolicyChina Trends #14 by Institut Montaigne.Notejune 2022China’s Change Of Economic Model: Not So Fast!François Godement, Institut Montaigne’s Senior Advisor for Asia, assesses the characteristics and flaws of China’s stimulus plan, and of the overall Chinese economic model. NoteMay 2022Rebooting Europe’s China StrategyHow should Europe respond to the implications of its entanglement with China? Can Europe avoid a costly decoupling from China and maintain mutually beneficial ties while remaining true to itself, to its values and interests?March 2022China Trends #12 - Ukraine: China’s "Rock-Solid" Pro-Russia Narrative China Trends #12 by Institut Montaigne.NoteFebruary 2022Xi Jinping As An Ordoliberal: China's Margins For Growth In 2022Since the beginning of the pandemic, China has been one of the most conservative and restrictive regarding its economy. What is its economic outlook in 2022?December 2021China Trends #11 - China’s Selective Opening Up: the Case of Foreign Direct InvestmentChina Trends #11 by Institut MontaignePolicy PaperNovember 2021China Trends #10: How AI Will Transform ChinaChina Trends #10 by Institut MontaigneNoteJuly 2021China Trends #9 - Questioning China’s Emission PledgesChina Trends #9 by Institut MontaigneNoteJune 2021China’s Economic Rebound: Views from BeijingAfter the Covid-19 crisis, China trumped economic expectations and experienced a rapid recovery. What can we expect for the country’s future?NoteJanuary 2021Wins and Losses in the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI)The EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI) has been oversold and underpowered. What conclusions can be drawn?NoteNovember 2020Promoting a European China Policy – France and Germany TogetherFaced with China, define common priorities in the service of a confident and forward-looking Europe.NoteOctober 2020China Trends #7 - The shrinking margins for debateChina Trends #7 by Institut MontaigneNoteJune 2020Europe’s Pushback on ChinaChina has risen to become strong and self reliant, while Europe wants to foster multilateralism and global integration. Does that make Europe vulnerable? How did we get here, and where do we go?NoteApril 2020Fighting Covid-19: East Asian Responses to the PandemicWhat are the lessons from East Asian countries on their management of the Covid-19 crisis?EtudeNovember 2019Digital Privacy: How Can We Win the Battle?Between privacy, efficiency and public interest, how do Europe, China and India reconcile priorities?NoteJune 2019Europe and 5G: the Huawei Case - part 2What choices for 5G infrastructure in Europe? The Huawei case has taken on a controversial dimension that reveals crucial strategic issues for Europe between China and the United States.06/07/2023Deciphering the EU-US Trade & Technology Council François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 05/02/2023Containment and engagement: drawing the line with China François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 04/21/2023Macron and China: The Perils of Equivalence François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 01/06/2023Xi Jinping - The Emperor's New Clothes François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 09/14/2022China's Foreign Policy: It's Time for a Return to Low Profile François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 07/19/2022How Should Europe Respond to India’s Self-Alignment? François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 05/09/2022Human Life Before Economic Growth: The Case for China’s Lockdowns François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 04/19/2022How Europe Should Respond to Global Reservations on Sanctions François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/14/2022China’s Shifting Balance of Interests After the Ukraine Invasion François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/14/2022Three Franco-German Priorities for Europe’s China Policy: Economic Security... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 01/14/2022Ukraine: China and Russia’s Calculated Mutual Support Michel Duclos Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow, Geopolitics and Diplomacy 10/22/2021China’s Painful, but Necessary Energy Transition François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 09/17/2021Xi Jinping’s New Political Economy: Part 2 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 09/16/2021Xi Jinping’s New Political Economy: Part 1 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 09/07/2021China: The Ground Shakes, Is An Earthquake Coming? François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 08/18/2021China’s Coming Afghan Policy: a Window on China’s New Strategy François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 07/26/2021Killing Several Birds With One Stone: China’s New Digital Policies François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 06/24/2021Europe’s Response to China’s Military Strategies and Challenges François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 05/27/2021Contradictions and Compatibilities between China and Climate Eric Chaney Economic Advisor 05/25/2021China’s Climate Pledges and The Coal-Driven Economy Eric Chaney Economic Advisor 04/13/2021Values and the Role of Sanctions in the Europe-China-US Triangle François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/19/2021From the Indo-Pacific to Alaska: The US-China Great Game François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 02/19/2021The Commission’s Trade Policy Review - Between Idealism And Realism François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 12/02/2020China’s Mercantilist Recovery After Covid-19 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 09/02/2020EU-China Relations: Smoke, Mirrors and Reality François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 08/03/2020China Trends #6 - Overstretch? China’s Foreign Policy Gamble François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 07/08/2020Hong Kong: the National Security Law’s Shock Wave François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 06/02/2020China Trends #5 - EU-China: Towards a Chinese Win François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 05/25/2020Two Chinas, One System - Dissimulation and Strategic Opportunities François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 04/24/2020Digital Tracing or Repetitive Lockdown: French Citizens, You'll Have to Cho... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/30/2020Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic, East Asian Responses - China: Lockdowns,... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/23/2020Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic: China's Influence at the World Health Or... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/05/2020China and the UN System – the Case of the World Intellectual Property Organ... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 02/18/2020The China-US Trade "War": Decoupling Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint - Part 4 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 02/17/2020Xi Jinping and the Coronavirus François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 01/30/2020Europeans Struggle to Mitigate 5G Risks Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 01/23/2020India, the Digital Battleground François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 12/17/2019China Trends #4 - China’s Economic Policies: Delaying the Choices François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 12/19/2019The China-US Trade "War": And The Winner Is… - Part 3 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 12/13/2019The China-US Trade "War": China on the Trump Roller-Coaster - Part 2 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 11/27/2019The China-US Trade "War": Questioning Economic Predictions - Part 1 François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 11/07/2019A New Stranglehold on Companies? Chinese Rating Systems Eric Chaney Economic Advisor 11/04/2019Macron’s Uphill China Trip François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 10/08/2019China Trends #3 – Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s : Sino-Russian Coope... François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 10/01/2019Xi Jinping, the Innovative Restorer François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 08/20/2019Hong Kong’s Last Gasp François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 06/25/2019America, 5G, and Industrial Policy François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 05/14/2019A European Strategy in the China-Us Trade War François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 04/15/2019EU-China: The New Semantics of the Summit François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/15/2019China Trends #1 - China, the Reluctant WTO Reformer François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 04/02/2019China and Europe: Divorce Italian Style? François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/25/2019Europe’s China Backlash François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 03/18/2019Europe facing China: a Copernican revolution François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 02/12/2019China Plans Visits to Europe in Times of Uncertainty François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 01/24/2019Is the Chinese Economy Drifting, Tanking or Changing? François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America 11/22/2018Portrait of Xi Jinping - President of the People's Republic of China François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America