Justyna Szczudlik

Justyna Szczudlik is the Deputy Head of Research and a China analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). She was formerly the head of the Asia-Pacific Program (2016–2021). She is a member of the European Think-Tank Network on China (ETNC) and the Global Advisory Board of the European Values Centre (EVC). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Warsaw (2015), an M.A. in Chinese Studies (2008) and an M.A. in Political Science (2002), from the University of Warsaw and University of Wrocław. She studied Chinese language at the College of Advanced Chinese Training at the Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing (2005-2006) and at National Chengchi University in Taipei (2013). Her research focuses on China’s foreign policy, particularly China-Europe/EU relations and Cross-Strait relations. Her work has been published in The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, 9DASHLINE, Taipei Times, and China Brief, and on the websites of the ECFR, Ifri, CSIS, NBR, and others.