Mikko Huotari

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director of Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

China‘s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition

Mikko Huotari is the Executive Director of MERICS. His research focuses on China’s foreign policy, China-Europe relations and global (economic) governance and competition. He has published on China’s rise as a financial power, trade and investment relations with Europe as well as on geopolitical shifts related to China's emergence as a global security actor.

Mikko holds a PhD from Freiburg University and was a guest scholar at the University of California in San Diego in 2017/2018. In 2019, Mikko was appointed as one of 15 German representatives to the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum.

China Horizons events

Chinese economy

How big is China’s global economic footprint: Takeaways for the European Union

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EU-China relations

MERICS China Forecast 2024

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EU-China relations

MERICS China Forecast Conference 2023

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EU-China relations

The transformation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What is in it for Europe?

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