Katja Banik earned her PhD from Sorbonne Nouvelle University. She is editor-in-chief of PwC’s China Compass, and author of the book China-Europe Relations: At a Crossroads published by L’Harmattan.

Jan Lüdert is an Associate Professor at City University of Seattle and an Associate Researcher at Philipps Marburg University’s Dynamics of Security project. Jan received a Ph.D. in International Relations from the department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.