Gudrun Wacker

Gudrun Wacker is a Researcher and Postdoctoral Advisor at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität Berlin, affiliated with the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) German Institute for International and Security Affairs, where she leads the Research Division Asia. Her expertise focuses on Chinese foreign and security policy, EU-China relations, and modernization in China. She advises doctoral candidates such as Elena Korshenko and Xuan Wen, both of whom successfully defended their dissertations in 2025. Contact: gudrun.wacker@swp-berlin.org.