Dr. phil. Gudrun Wacker

Dr. phil. Gudrun Wacker


Research Division: Asia
Senior Fellow

gudrun.wacker(at)swp-berlin.org

since 2018 EU representative at the ASEAN Regional Forum Expert and Eminent Persons (ARF EEP)

1992–2000 Researcher, Federal Institute for Russian, East European and International Studies, Cologne

1983–1992 Researcher, Department for Chinese and Korean Studies, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen

Areas of Expertise:

China, East Asia, Taiwan, Defence and security policy / Armed forces, Maritime security, Political systems


SWP Publications (selection):

Felix Heiduk, Gudrun Wacker

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific

Significance, Implementation and Challenges

SWP Research Paper 2020/RP 09, July 2020, 43 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020RP09

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Hanns Günther Hilpert, Gudrun Wacker

Chinese Narratives about the United States

in: Barbara Lippert, Volker Perthes (eds.)
Strategic Rivalry between United States and China

Contributions to Research Papers 2020/RP 04, April 2020, 53 Pages, S. 12-15
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Alexandra Sakaki, Gudrun Wacker

China – Japan – South Korea

A Tense Ménage à Trois

SWP Research Paper 2017/RP 05, April 2017, 34 Pages
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Hanns Günther Hilpert, Gudrun Wacker

Geoeconomics Meets Geopolitics

China’s New Economic and Foreign Policy Initiatives

SWP Comment 2015/C 33, June 2015, 7 Pages
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Gudrun Wacker

Security Cooperation in East Asia

Structures, Trends and Limitations

SWP Research Paper 2015/RP 04, May 2015, 40 Pages
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External Publications (selection):

Gudrun Wacker

The People's Republic of China

in: Klaus Larres and Ruth Wittlinger (eds.), Understanding Global Politics. Actors and Themes in International Affairs, London/New York, 2020, pp. 91-107
Gudrun Wacker

Judy Asks: Is China Devouring Europe?

in: Carnegie Europe, Judy Dempsey’s Strategic Europe, 28.03.2019 (online).
Gudrun Wacker

EU-China Relations: Horizon 2025

in: Eva Pejsova (ed.), ISSReport No.35, Paris: EU Institute for Security Studies, 2017, pp. 91 - 96
Gudrun Wacker

European-Taiwan relations

in: Gunter Schubert (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan, London and New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 513-528
Gudrun Wacker

The Irreversible Rise. A New Foreign Policy for a Stronger China

in: Alessia Amighini, Axel Berkofsky (eds.), Xi´s Policy Gambles: the Bumpy Road Ahead, ISPI e-book, 2015, pp. 65-77

Working Papers of the Research Division (selection):

François Godement, Gudrun Wacker

Promoting a European China policy – France and Germany together

Research Division Asia, Working Paper 2020/Nr. 1, November 2020, 9 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020WP10

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SWP Comments

Eric J. Ballbach, Laura Morazzini
A Restrained Embrace

South Korea’s Response to Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

Moritz Rudolf
China’s Health Diplomacy during Covid‑19

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Action

SWP Research Papers

Felix Heiduk, Gudrun Wacker
From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific

Significance, Implementation and Challenges

Barbara Lippert, Volker Perthes (eds.)
Strategic Rivalry between United States and China

Causes, Trajectories, and Implications for Europe