HomeAuthorsMathieu Duchâtel Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies Associate ExpertSuivre AsiaDr. Mathieu Duchâtel joined Institut Montaigne in January 2019 as Director of the Asia Program. He was previously Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director of the Asia and China Program at the European Council of Foreign Relations (2015-2018), Senior Researcher and the Representative in Beijing of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2011-2015), Research Fellow with Asia Centre in Paris (2007-2011) and Associate Researcher based in Taipei with Asia Centre (2004-2007). He has spent a total of nine years in Shanghai (Fudan University), Taipei (National Chengchi University) and Beijing and has been visiting scholar at the School of International Studies of Peking University in 2011/2012 and the Japan Institute of International Affairs in 2015, and the Institute of National Defense and Security Research in Taipei in September 2020. He holds a Ph.D in political science from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).For Institut Montaigne, he recently authored Economic Security: the Missing Link in EU-Japan Cooperation (April 2023), Semiconductors in Europe: the Return of Industrial Policy(March 2022), Technology Transfers: the Case for an EU-Japan-US Cooperation Framework (March 2022) The Weak Links in China's Drive for Semiconductors (January 2021), Fighting COVID-19: East Asian Responses to the Pandemic (May 2020, with François Godement and Viviana Zhu), and Europe and 5G: the Huawei Case (May 2019, with François Godement).Other recent publications include Blue China, Navigating the Maritime Silk Road to Europe (2018), Géopolitique de la Chine, Paris, PUF, Que Sais-Je ?, (2017), Pre-empting defeat: In search of North Korea’s nuclear doctrine (2017), Influence by default: Europe’s impact on military security in East Asia (2017), China’s Policy in the East China Sea, The Role of Crisis Management Mechanism Negotiations with Japan (2008-2015) (2016), Terror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy (2016), Into Africa: China’s global security shift (2016), Xi’s army: Reform and loyalty in the PLA (2016), China’s Strong Arm, Protecting Nationals and Assets Abroad, IISS-Routledge (2015).PublicationsPolicy PaperApril 2023Economic Security: the Missing Link in EU-Japan CooperationEconomic security is an important notion that provides strategic coherence and clarity to the set of defensive, pro-innovation and (so far timid) pro-industry steps that the EU has been taking. It could also provide a convincing selling point to gain wider support across the EU for bolder public policies, including in the area of trade, in a way to guarantee European prosperity and resilience.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.June 2022China Trends #13 - China Weighs Japan’s Blowback Against Its Own ActionsChina Trends #13 by Institut Montaigne.NoteMarch 2022Europe in the New Geopolitics of TechnologyEurope faces a long-term resilience and competitiveness challenge, for which it has two main tools to act: industrial policies and controls over technology transfers. December 2021China Trends #11 - China’s Selective Opening Up: the Case of Foreign Direct InvestmentChina Trends #11 by Institut MontaigneNoteFebruary 2021China Trends #8 - Military Options for Xi’s Strategic AmbitionsChina Trends #8 by Institut MontaigneNoteJanuary 2021The Weak Links in China's Drive for SemiconductorsSemiconductors are at the center of the technological and geopolitical race between the United States and China. What strategy for Europe?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?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.02/15/2023Europe in the New World of Export Controls Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 12/02/2022Effective Deterrence? The Coming European Anti-Coercion Instrument Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 10/26/2022An Alternative Supply Chain in India? Taiwan’s Experience Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 09/27/2022Great Power Chokepoints: China's Semiconductor Industry in Search of Breakt... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 03/25/2022EU-China Summit: Seeking a Constructive Chinese Role to End Putin’s War Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 02/21/2022Balancing China in the Indo-Pacific: the role of France and Germany Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 09/22/2021Australia And The Future of Deterrence Against China Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 08/04/2021Racing for the New Rice - Japan’s Plans For its Semiconductor Industry Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/21/2021The New Landscape of Investment Screening in Europe Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 05/18/2021Supply Chain Security, From Taipei to Brussels Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 10/30/2020Franco-German Divergences in the Indo-Pacific: The Risk of Strategic Diluti... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 09/15/2020Anticipating China’s Military Coercion of Taiwan Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 08/28/2020Resilience, not Decoupling: Critical Supply Chains in China-Japan Relations Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 08/06/2020China Trends #6 - Generally Stable? Facing US Pushback in the South China S... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/23/2020Escalation in the Himalayas - the Stakes for China and India Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/09/2020Tiktok and Regulating Social Networks Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/04/2020China Trends #5 - Living with the EU’s Investment Screening Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 04/03/2020Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic, East Asian Responses - Japan: Self-Restr... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 03/20/2020Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic, East Asian Responses - Taiwan: Swift, Me... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 02/26/2020Japan’s 5G: a Mirror for Europe Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 01/30/2020Europeans Struggle to Mitigate 5G Risks Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 12/02/2019Air Pollution in India and China: Out of the Smog? Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 10/29/2019Huawei’s 5G Supply Chain: Taiwan Winning Twice? Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 10/01/2019China’s Two Birthday Wishes: Strategic Stability and Disruptive Innovation Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 08/30/2019Hong Kong Seen from Taiwan Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 07/10/2019Triple Win? China and Third-Market Cooperation Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/26/2019China Trends #2 – Naval Bases: From Djibouti to a Global Network? Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 06/24/2019China Trends #2 – China’s Port Investment: The Flag Behind the Trade Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 04/25/2019China’s Flexibility on Display at the Belt and Road Forum Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 04/12/2019A Franco-German China Policy: The Road Less Traveled Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 03/15/2019China Trends #1 - The Long and Winding Road to an EU-China Investment Treat... Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies 01/17/2019North Korea in 2019: economic development or the nuclear program? Mathieu Duchâtel Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies