Sense Hofstede

Sense Hofstede has been working since March 2026 as the Head of the Brussels Office of AMO’s China Team and China Projects Analyst based in the EU capital.

His work centers on the way China’s Leninist party-state shapes Beijing’s place in the world. He is a specialist in the link between the political systems and foreign policies of China, Singapore, and Taiwan, with a particular interest in Chinese foreign policy, China-Taiwan relations, and the Indo-Pacific.

Previously, Sense was a Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute and a Lecturer at Leiden University. He has a PhD in Comparative Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore. Before that, he obtained a double master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris and Peking University, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and International Organization from the University of Groningen.