Dr. Christian Wirth
Research Division:
Asia Senior Associate
Areas of Expertise
- China
- East Asia
- Indo-Pacific
- Japan
- Taiwan
- The Koreas
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Maritime security
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Short Curriculum vitae
Since 2023 Senior Associate in the Research Division Asia of SWP
2018-2022 Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
2017 University Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Leiden University
2016 Visiting Associate Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai
2012-2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith University, Brisbane
SWP Publications
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States
More symptom than solution to the problem of growing instability in the Indo-Pacific
SWP Comment 2023/C 31, 12.06.2023, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C31
External publications
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The Indo-Pacific: A Maritime Crossroads Where the Euro-Atlantic ‘West’ and the Asia–Pacific ‘East’ Meet, and World Order Is Transformed
In: The Politics of Global Ocean Regions. Bueger, C., Mendenhall, E., Strating, R. (eds). Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 09.07.2025. pp.143-165.doi:10.1007/978-3-031-88984-4_6
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Solidifying sovereign power in liquid space: The making and breaking of ‘island chains’ and ‘walls’ at sea
In: Political Geography, Volume 103, May 2023, 102889