Nadège Rolland is Senior Fellow for Political and Security Affairs at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), where her research focuses mainly on China’s foreign and defense policy and the changes in regional dynamics resulting from the rise of China. She is the author of the book China’s Eurasian Century? Political and Strategic Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (2017).
Last Updated: February 5, 2018
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