Jonas Parello-Plesner
Visiting FellowJonas Parello-Plesner is a visiting fellow in GMF's Indo-Pacific program. His research focuses on Asia and China and relations with EU and the United States. Parello-Plesner has also worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) as a Senior Policy Fellow with a focus on European-Chinese relations.
He served as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark’s Senior Advisor on China and North East Asia from 2005-2009 and has provided testimony on Chinese investments in Europe to the U.S. Congress and European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committees. His co-authored book, China’s Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad, was published in 2015 by IISS/Routledge and launched at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Featured Work
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December 18, 2023
Discussions at the most recent Taiwan Trilateral Forum convened by GMF show that the island will remain high on the transatlantic agenda for the...
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September 28, 2023
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March 14, 2023
“Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow.” The slogan spread through Taiwanese social media immediately after last year’s Russian invasion of Ukraine. Although...
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November 3, 2022
“Should I stay or should I go now?” goes the song lyric. Despite many critical voices, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not show any hesitation...
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September 28, 2021
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September 28, 2021
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August 26, 2021
Afghanistan is in turmoil after the rapid takeover by the Taliban....
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August 23, 2021
As the U.S. intelligence report on explanations for COVID-19’s early beginnings in China is expected this week, the country’s authorities have ramped...
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July 27, 2021
The article lays out how the European and broader business community is paying an increasingly higher price for trading with China....
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June 15, 2021
Jonas Parello-Plesner argues in Berlingske that President Biden’s Europe-tour heralds a stand-off on values with China. For Europeans, that is good...
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June 8, 2021
Taiwan’s star continues to rise among democracies. Its ranking in The Economist’s democracy index improved in 2020, as most of the world experienced a...
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February 12, 2021
If you want to drink a toast to freedom, consider an Australian wine. China has taken umbrage at Australia’s criticism of its human-rights record and...
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October 6, 2020
While the United States and the world holds its breath on the U.S. president’s condition, China continues to ramp up its pressure and military threats...
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April 29, 2020
Jonas Parello-Plesner argues in a new piece for Danish daily Berlingske that the EU ought to support an international inquiry on the early handling of...
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February 7, 2020
In the face of relentless pressure from China, Taiwan may have figured out how to combat disinformation without undermining free speech....
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October 14, 2019
While the horror of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 was memorialized in the US and elsewhere, China Daily, a Communist Party mouthpiece, posted on...
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October 2, 2019
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their...
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April 8, 2019
As European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk prepare to meet with China’s Premier Li Keqiang at the...
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January 9, 2019
A new book offers a helpful primer on Beijing’s deepening relationships in the Gulf....
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December 17, 2018
Financial markets got a short-lived sugar high when Presidents Trump and Xi announced a tariff ceasefire in Argentina on December 1, after what Trump...
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March 9, 2016
China faces increased risks to its nationals and investments abroad as it becomes more active internationally....
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The coronavirus pandemic is putting immense...
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A decade ago, democratic governments wrangled with China over the mistreatment of dissidents such as the late Nobel Peace prize recipient, Liu Xiaobo,...
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China has a massive plan to connect the world to the Middle Kingdom....