/ European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC)

The European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) is a gathering of China experts from a selection of European research institutes. It is devoted to the policy-oriented study of Chinese foreign policy and relations between China and European countries as well as China and the EU. It facilitates regular exchanges among participating researchers with a view to deepening the understanding within the European policy and research community and the broader public of how Europe, as a complex set of actors, relates with China and how China’s development and evolving global role is likely to impact the future of Europe. The network’s discussions and analyses take a decidedly ‘bottom-up’ approach, accounting for the various aspects of bilateral relations between European countries and China, and the points of convergence and divergence among EU member states in order to examine EU-China relations in a realistic and comprehensive way.

ETNC strives for independent policy research and analysis and, since its inception, is entirely funded by its participating members. The topics treated in ETNC reports are debated and decided upon collectively by its members.

List of institutions contributing to ETNC:

Coordinating institutions:

• Elcano Royal Institute, Spain
• French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), France
• Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany

Participating institutions:

• Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), Austria
• Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium
• Institute of International Relations (IIR), Czech Republic
• Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
• Finnish Institute for International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
• Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER), Greece
• Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Italy 
• Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA), Latvia
• The Netherlands Institute of International Relations, ‘Clingendael’, The Netherlands
• Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway
• Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Poland
• University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania
• Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), Slovakia
• The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Sweden
• Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy (Foraus), Switzerland
• The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, United Kingdom

List of ETNC reports:

• Mapping Europe-China Relations: A bottom-up approach (November 2015)
• Europe and China’s New Silk Roads (December 2016)
• Chinese Investment in Europe: A country-level approach (December 2017)
• Political Values in Europe-China Relations (December 2018)
• Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry (January 2020)
• Covid-19 and Europe-China Relations (April 2020)

The views presented in ETNC reports are the sole responsibility of the signed authors and do not in any way represent the views of all members of the ETNC, its participating institutions, nor the institutions with which the authors are affiliated.