Thorsten Benner

Thorsten Benner is a co-founder and the director of the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin.

Articles by Thorsten Benner
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 6.

Europe Is Disastrously Split on China
Argument
Thorsten Benner
Olaf Scholz welcomes China's President Xi Jinping at the airport in Hamburg on July 6, 2017.

Olaf Scholz Has a China Problem
Analysis
Thorsten Benner
German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz walks to a press conference in front of the White House in Washington, DC on April 19, 2018, after a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence.

Olaf Scholz Is Coming to America on a Salvage Mission
Analysis
Thorsten Benner
A man holds a Taiwan flag as passengers disembark from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, in quarantine due to fears of new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikoku pier cruise terminal in Yokohama on February 21, 2020.

Europe Is Doubling Down on Taiwan
Analysis
Thorsten Benner
German Chancellor Angela Merkel grimaces on stage during a campaign rally on September 26, 2009 at the Treptow Arena in Berlin.

The Undeniable Pessimism of Angela Merkel
Argument
Thorsten Benner
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts Chinese New Year celebrations outside 10 Downing Street on January 24 in London.

Britain Knows It’s Selling Out Its National Security to Huawei
Argument
Thorsten Benner
The logo of Chinese electronics company Huawei on Sept. 2, 2015 in Berlin. (John Macdougal/AFP/Getty Images)

Germany Is Soft on Chinese Spying
Argument
Thorsten Benner
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