Dr. Sebastian Biba

China’s Global Security Initiative projects its stability-focused security model abroad. How do East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East perceive the GSI? What does this mean for the future of the international security order? And how should Germany and the EU best respond?

The War in Ukraine has put China in a delicate position. Even though it has an interest in de-escalation, its strategic rivalry with the United States forbids China from abandoning Russia. If Europeans nonetheless seek to make China nudge Russia towards ending the war, they must make China an offer.

18th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Bologna, Bologna Organisers: European International Studies Association Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller (Speaker), Dr. Sebastian Biba (Speaker)

In their paper draft, Julia Gurol-Haller and Sebastian Biba explore the reception of China's Global Security Initiative in three world regions (Central Asia, South East Asia and Africa) through a role-theoretical approach.