Central and Eastern Europe and the Future of the European China Debate
Connecting networks of women in foreign, European and security policy, across the V4 states
Enhancing the Capacities of Serbian Investigative Journalists in Mapping Foreign Influence in Serbia
Increasing Awareness of the Hybrid Threats: Strengthening Resilience in the Western Balkans
Kevin O‘Brien is a Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science and the Director of Berkeley’s Institute of East Asian Studies.
He specializes in Chinese politics and topics such as legislative politics, local elections or policy implementation. He is the author of Reform Without Liberalization: China’s National People’s Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change and the co-author of Rightful Resistance in Rural China. His most recent work centers on the Chinese state and theories of popular contention, particularly as concerns the policing of protest and types of repression that are neither “soft” nor “hard.” He has won various grants and awards and serves on the editorial or advisory board of ten journals.
