German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Associate

Short CV

Since 02/2022: Associate with the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
Since 01/2021: Fellow, Johanna Quandt Young Academy at Goethe
09/2020 – 06/2021: DAAD Visiting Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
01/2020 – 03/2020: Visiting Fellow, GIGA Institute for Asian Studies, Hamburg
06/2016 – 08/2016: Visiting Fellow, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing
Since 10/2012: Research Fellow, Institute for Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt

Current Research

Triangular relations between Germany/Europe, the United States and China
Hydro-politics and contending infrastructures in the Mekong River Basin

Countries and Regions

China
Mekong River Basin
East Asia

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Associate

biba@soz.uni-frankfurt.de

GIGA Focus Asia | 3/2022

How to Make China Help Bring the War in Ukraine to an End

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.

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Associate

GIGA Focus Asia | 2/2017

China in the G20: A Narrow Corridor for Sino–European Cooperation

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Associate

Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

Senior Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Asia

GIGA Forum | 26/10/2022

Making China Great Again? Political and Economic Implications of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress

Making China Great Again? Political and Economic Implications of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress, Online Event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Lance Liangping Gore (Speaker), Dr. Margot Schüller (Speaker), Dr. Sebastian Biba (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig (Moderator)

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is widely regarded as being set to be one of the most important political events of the year. Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as state president. In this GIGA Forum, experts will discuss the political and economic implications hereof.

Dr. Lance Liangping Gore

Dr. Margot Schüller

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Dr. Sebastian Biba

Publications

How to Make China Help Bring the War in Ukraine to an End

China in the G20: A Narrow Corridor for Sino–European Cooperation

Lectures

Making China Great Again? Political and Economic Implications of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress

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