This podcast [55 min] is a "must-listen" for companies and investors with global exposure, as Insightview continues to see geopolitics as a dominant factor for the future trend in the global economy and financial market. Insightview has talked to Camilla Nørup Sørensen, who is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Strategy at the Royal Danish Defence College in Copenhagen [see more below]. 
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‌We discuss a wide range of foreign and security policy developments and challenges linked to the Rise of China such as growing security tensions and military build-up in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait. Furthermore, we discuss China's complex relations with its regional neighbours such as India, Japan, Russia and Australia which are all facing difficult choices and dilemmas in their handling of a stronger and more assertive China on the one hand and an “America First” and more unpredictable U.S. on the other hand.
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‌Furthermore, we touch on recent developments in relations between China and the EU and discuss the risk of the EU being squeezed and marginalised as the strategic rivalry between Beijing and Washington intensifies further [read also the Politico article,  Biden warns 'there will be no NATO' if Trump wins re-election]. Camilla Nørup Sørensen believes that European leaders need to get their act together to prevent such an outcome, which means that the EU needs to be more assertive itself and take a more proactive role on a global scale. Camilla Nørup Sørensen agrees that there is a lot to be sceptical about and criticize when it comes to developments in Chinese domestic politics, Chinese trade policies and Chinese foreign and security policies in recent years, but she stresses that there is no alternative to engagement with China. 

‌Camilla Nørup Sørensen is Associate Professor at the Institute for Strategy at the Royal Danish Defence College in Copenhagen, where she conducts research and teaching within three main areas: 1) China as a major power/Chinese foreign, security and defence policy, 2) Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark in an Arctic of growing geostrategic importance, and 3) Danish foreign and security policy confronting a world order in flux - with several overlaps among these areas. 
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‌She has lived in China for shorter and longer periods over the past 20 years - most recently in 2010-2014, when she was a visiting researcher at the School of International Studies at Peking University with the postdoc project "What kind of world power will China be? Answers from the Chinese debate.” She has published extensively on East Asian security, Chinese foreign, security and defence policy and in recent years on Arctic politics and security with a focus on the implications of growing Chinese presence and activities in the region. 
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‌Camilla Nørup Sørensen is also the author of a new book, "Kina - Fortiden, nutiden, fremtiden" [China - The past, the present, the future], which will be released on July 15 [click here to see more]. 
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‌‌Music: I'm Plastic3, 'Music Of Nature', Melodyloops
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‌3. July 2019 - Podcast interview with Morten Springborg, Thematic Specialist, about tech competition between China and the West, splinternet, 5G and how strong China's tech sector really is
‌3. July 2019 - Podcast interview with Casper Wichmann, China tech expert, about tech competition between China and the West, splinternet, 5G and how strong China's tech sector really is
‌4. June 2019 - Podcast interview with China expert Professor Stig Thøgersen about the formation of public opinion in China, Xi Jinping, nationalism and the risk of an upcoming Taiwan crisis
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