Philippe Le Corre

Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School https://www.belfercenter.org/person/philippe-le-corre

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1408 Cell: (1) 202 262 7028 [email protected]

EDUCATION  PhD Candidate, Asian Studies and Economics, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, -Sorbonne University. Thesis on Chinese influence in Southern Europe (supervisor: Prof. JF Huchet)  MPhil in International Relations and Asian studies, summa cum laude, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris-Sorbonne University  International Affairs Fellow 04’ – Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University  Master’s degree 88’, Political Science, University of Paris-1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)  Bachelor’s degree 87’, International Law and government, University of Paris-1 (Panthéon- Sorbonne)

CAREER

1 Current professional appointments (since July 2017):  Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School (Director: Prof. Lawrence Summers); member of the Kennedy School’s China Working Group and Korea Working Group. Chair of the “China and Europe” Study Group. Frequent interactions on Asian affairs with U.S. government (NSC, State) and European institutions (EEAS, EC, French, German, Spanish and British governments); Testimony in front of U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee (2018)  Research Associate, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School  Senior Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship (Faculty Director: Prof. Nicholas Burns), Harvard Kennedy School www.belfercenter/person/philippe-le-corre  Associate in Research, John K. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (Director: Prof. Michael Szonyi), Harvard University  Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Program and Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. (Research on China and Central Asia) http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1408  Senior Research Fellow, IRENE-ESSEC, Paris  Associate Research Fellow, Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques, Paris  Senior Adviser on International Affairs and Lecturer, Sciences Po Executive Education, (Communications ; Digital Humanities), Paris

2017-2018 Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Appointed by Prof. Graham Allison, former director of the Belfer Center as a “core Fellow” of the Center, to work on China-related issues

2014-2017 Visiting Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. (on secondment from French Foreign Ministry) Fields of expertise include China-Europe economic and strategic relations. US-Asia relations. China’s foreign policy, especially in the field of geo-economics (“China looks West”: Central Asia; Belt and Road Initiative). EU foreign and security policy; ; the United Kingdom.

2015-2016 Adjunct Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Program in Government – Washington, DC. Taught Course on “China’s global outreach, image and influence”

2012-2014 Managing Partner – Ginger Consultants, Paris, France Consulting on International affairs and stategy Clients include the European Union, De Gaulle Foundation, Renault Foundation, IZP Technologies, JCDecaux, the City of Le Havre, HEC Paris and Diplo Foundation.

2012-2013 Academic Director, HEC Paris / China Business Executive Academy, Dalian, China

2 (CBEAD, one of the CCP’s party schools) in Dalian, China. Crisis management course coordinated and taught

2007-2011 Senior Director Publicis Consultants, a subsidiary of PUBLICIS GROUPE- Shanghai, Brussels & Paris Managed multinational teams in Shanghai and Paris handling high-level government relations, public affairs, and crisis communications. Also partner in charge of the EU affairs office in Brussels.

2007 Policy Analyst, Asia-Pacific Bureau, Policy Directorate (Délégation aux affaires stratégiques, now DGRIS), French Defense Ministry, Paris, France Covering China, Japan and the Korean peninsula.

2004-2007 Senior Adviser (international affairs) to the French Minister of Defense Paris, France Strategic Foresight, Asia, speech writing, relations with international affairs and defense- related think-tanks (Brussels, Washington, Berlin, , Beijing, Paris).

2004-2013 Lecturer, Sciences Po, Paris Courses taught (Masters’ degree students) :  China’s Image, communication, influence » (spring 2013; Fall 2013)  “Crisis Communication”, School of Innovation and Management (Fall 2012)  “Media and communications in an international context”, Paris School of International Affairs (Spring 2007; Fall 2008; Spring 2010)  “China, Europe and the United States: high stakes in key relations”, PSIA- (Fall 2005; Fall 2006)

2003-2004 Fellow, Weatherhead Center International Affairs (WCFIA) Faculty of Arts and Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Research on Chinese elites and higher education

2001-2003 President FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, London, UK

1998-2003 London Bureau Chief (French daily ), London, UK

3 1997 Co-founder, member of Editorial Board L’ASIE MAGAZINE, Paris, France

1995-1998 East Asia correspondent (French current-affairs newsweekly), Hong Kong

1989-1995 China and East Asia Bureau chief RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL (RFI); Hong Kong and Beijing, China

1988-1989 Taiwan Correspondent THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE / NEWSWEEK; Taipei, Taiwan

1987-1988 Southeast Asia Analyst (Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL; Bangkok, Thailand

ACADEMIC AND OTHER AWARDS

 Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Grant (Harvard Kennedy School) Grants, 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020  Belfer Center, Stipend, 2018-2019  Fellowship, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (2003-2004)  Harvard University Grant: Arthur Sachs Scholar 2003-2004  French-American Foundation (New York/Paris): Young Leader 2003 and 2004  Asia-Europe Foundation (Singapore): Young Leader 2000

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  Board Member, French-American Foundation, Paris/New York (since 2007)  Board Member, China-Europa Forum (since 2011)  Advisory Board Member, China and Central Asia Studies Center, KIMEP, Kazakhstan (2017- present)  Editorial Board Member, Europe’s World, Brussels, (2008-present)  Conseiller du Commerce extérieur de la France/French Foreign Trade Adviser (appointed by the Prime Minister, 2009; 2012; 2015; 2018)  Member, Institute for International and Strategic Studies, London, UK (2015-present)  Member, Astana Club, Kazakhstan (2015-present)  Member, International Studies Association (2016-present)  Advisory Board Member, Asia Centre, Paris (2010-2014)  Director, Harvard Club of Washington, DC (2015-2018)  Board Member, Harvard Alumni Association (2013-2016)  Past President, Harvard Club of France (2010-2012)

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PUBLICATIONS

LIVRES  China’s Offensive in Europe (Brookings Institution Press : Washington, 2016), en collaboration avec Alain Sepulchre – version anglaise révisée et augmentée de l’ouvrage ci-après  L’Offensive chinoise en Europe (Fayard : Paris, 2015)  Tony Blair: les rendez-vous manqués (Autrement : Paris, 2004)  Quand la Chine va au marché – Leçons de capitalisme à la chinoise (Maxima : Paris, 1999), en collaboration avec Hervé Sérieyx  Après Hong Kong – Chinois et cosmopolite, un pays, deux systèmes (Autrement : Paris, 1997)  Hong Kong (Romain Pages : Paris, 1996)

CHAPITRES DE LIVRES, RAPPORTS & ARTICLES DE REVUES  Kazakhs wary of Chinese embrace as BRI gathers steam, National University of Singapore/MEI paper (février 2019) https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/kazakhs-wary-chinese-embrace-bri- gathers-steam  China’s rise as a geo-economic influencer: Four European case studies, Carnegie Working Paper, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (octobre 2018)  Chinese investments in European countries: experiences and lessons for “One Belt, One Road”, in “Rethinking the modern Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative under scrutiny” (Palgrave- MacMillan, 2018); sous la direction de Maximilian Mayer.  China’s rise : what about a transatlantic dialogue ?, Asia-Europe Journal (Springer publication), Juin 2017 (écrit en collaboration avec Jonathan Pollack)  Montée en puissance de la Chine: l’Europe et les Etats-Unis peuvent-ils coopérer?, Revue internationale et stratégique, Paris, mars 2017  China Abroad: The Long March to Europe, China Economic Quarterly, Juin 2016 (avec Alain Sepulchre)  A New Special relationship: China and the UK rekindle their ties, Foreign Affairs, Octobre 2015  L’Asie fébrile in L’Année stratégique 2015, Armand Colin, Paris, 2014  La Chine, nouvel acteur des relations internationales, Etudes, Paris, Octobre 2006  Taiwan, paria ou soupape de l’Occident?, Etudes, Paris, Juin 2001  L’Europe se fera-t-elle en Chine ?, Perspectives chinoises, Hong Kong, Septembre 1995  L’éthique dans les affaires, Perspectives chinoises, Hong Kong, Mai 1994  Vancouver. Canada’s Hong Kong, Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong, Février 1994

INTERVENTIONS UNIVERSITAIRES ET PROFESSIONNELLES

 The Rise of an Illiberal China in a Liberal World Order, Hudson Institute, Washington, June 19, 2019 (panellist)

5  U.S. Foreign Policy toward Eurasia and the Role of the U.S. Congress, Aspen Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, May 31, 2019 (speaker)  China and Europe: Potential Partners or Systemic Rivals?, Critical issues concerning China series, Harvard University: John K. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, April 24, 2019 (speaker)  How the EU connects: New Connectivity Strategy, with Ambassador Romana Vlahutin, Harvard Kennedy School, April 18, 2019 (moderator)  EU-China Trade and Investment relations: A vehicle for cooperation or a path to competition, Harvard University: Center for European Studies, April 12, 2019 (panellist)  France, a key player in Europe’s relationship with China, Harvard University: Center for European Studies, EU Working Group, April 3, 2019 (speaker)  By sea and by land: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southern Europe, Boston University, February 21, 2019 (speaker)  Fragile interdependence, Fung Global Fellows Roundtable, Princeton University, February 14, 2019 (panellist)  Delphi Economic Forum: China and Southeast Europe, Delphi, Greece, March 1, 2019 (speaker)  Bonn Security Forum, November 19, 2018, Bonn, Germany (discussant, China’s session honouring Henry Kissinger)  Astana Club, Astana, Kazakhstan, November 11, 2018 (moderator on China panel)  China in the world workshop, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, November 2-3, 2018 (speaker)  China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia: The Challenge of fostering sustainable connectivity, Davis Center and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, October 30, 2018 (speaker) https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/chinas-belt-road-initiative-eurasia-challenge- fostering-sustainable-connectivity  China as a geoeconomic influencer, Carnegie, Washington, October 25, 2018  Europe, Chine, USA: geo-economic challenges, Université de Laval, Québec, September 25, 2018 (speaker)  Adapting strategies to new realities in Europe-China relations, Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, Warsaw, Poland, July 13, 2018 (speaker)  The China Challenge, Transatlantic relationship in crisis conference, Harvard Kennedy School, Madrid/Segovia, Spain, July 7, 2018 (moderator)  Chinese Investment and Influence in Europe: Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington DC, May 23, 2018 (panelist) https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-chinese-investment-and-influence- in-europe/  Une Chine mondiale et conquérante: University of Montréal:, lecture at the Center for International Research and Studies (CERIUM), Montreal, Canada, May 7, 2018 (key-note speaker)  China's Eurasian Geo-economics Plan: Can it Extend the Country's Political Influence? World Affairs Council of Worcester, Worcester, April 18, 2018 (key-note speaker)  U.S.-Europe Cooperation and the China Challenge: The Heritage Foundation, Washington DC, April 17, 2018 (panelist)  China-Europe relations in 2018 and implications for the United States, China 21th Century Center, University of California San Diego, February 26, 2018 (speaker)  Exchange on Europe-China Relations and the Implications for the United States: U.S. Department of State Analytic, Washington DC, November 3, 2017 (speaker)  Sino-European relations after Brexit: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University,

6 Cambridge, MA: November 3, 2016  Sino-European relations after Brexit, Harvard University: John Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Center for European Studies; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs’ Transatlantic Program, , Cambridge, MA: November 3, 2016  China’s Economic Offensive in Europe: Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, Belgium: October 18, 2016  China’s Offensive in Europe: Young China Watchers, Brussels: October 18, 2016  China’s Offensive in Europe, World Affairs Council of Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 12, 2016  China going global: the rise of a new player in international economics and politics, Asia Society/World Affairs Council Houston, Houston, Texas: October 11, 2016  China in the world: Europe, National Committee on U.S.-China relations, New York, October 6, 2016  Radical Islam and Terrorism: views from the U.S. and Europe: Seminars at Steamboat, Steamboat, Co., July 18, 2016  China’s offensive in Europe: A portrait of China’s new European passion, King’s College London, UK, June 1, 2016  Chinese investment in Europe: special guest of the U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff, Washington DC, May 26, 2016  Chinese overseas investments in Europe and beyond: Brookings, May 25, 2016  China, Russia and the world: view from Europe: University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, April 25, 2016  Brexit panel, School of Advanced International Affairs (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, March 11, 2016  Brexit panel, Harvard University European Conference, Cambridge Mass., February 20, 2016  Exploring Key Elements of China’s Foreign Policy: Europe and China, U.S. Department of State, Washington, January 21, 2016  France in 2016: World Affairs Council of Naples, Flo., January 11, 2016  Chinese investment in Europe: lessons to be learned for One Belt, One Road, Tongji University, Shanghai, December 3, 2016  Other perceptions of China: views from Africa, Europe, Latin America, Brookings, May 19, 2015  The “European moment” of Chinese overseas investment, Brookings and Tsinghua University, Beijing (China), March 30, 2015  L’offensive chinoise en Europe: Institut Montaigne, Paris, February 3, 2015

TRIBUNES, BLOG POSTS ET ANALYSES :

 In talks with Europe, China has shown willingness to compromise, but will it make good on its commitments ?, South China Morning Post, April 14, 2019 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3005850/talks-europe-china-has-shown- willingness-compromise-will-it  Attention Washington: Europe is becoming tough on China, Carnegie Endowment, April 8, 2019 https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/04/08/attention-washington-brussels-is-getting-tough-on- china-pub-78806  Le retour de Xi Jinping en Europe, Ouest France, March 22, 2019 https://www.ouest- france.fr/monde/chine/point-de-vue-le-retour-du-president-chinois-xi-jinping-en-europe-

7 6274733?utm_source=flux-alvinet- monde&utm_medium=fluxrss&utm_campaign=banquedecontenu  Chinese companies must Europeanize for Europe, Nikkei Asian Review, March 21, 2019 https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chinese-companies-must-Europeanize-for-Europe  Mr Xi’s European Tour is response to US-China rift, Euractiv, March 18, 2019 https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/mr-xis-european-tour-response-us-china-rift  Italy’s risky China gamble, The Diplomat, March 14, 2019 https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/italys-risky-china-gamble  How the French are waking up to Chinese power, South China Morning Post, January 27, 2019 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2183693/how-french-are-waking-rise- chinese-power  : China’s open door to the Balkans, The Diplomat, January 1, 2019  Huawei and Europe’s 5G conundrum, The National Interest, December 27, 2018 (co-written with Erik Brattberg) https://nationalinterest.org/feature/huawei-and-europe%E2%80%99s-5g- conundrum-39972  This is China’s plan to dominate Southern Europe, The National Interest, October 30, 2018  Trump provides China an Opening in Europe, Carnegie Europe, July 19, 2018  Can France and the UK pivot to the Pacific?, Article, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 5, 2018  Trump provides China an opening in Europe, Carnegie Europe, July 18, 2018 https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/76872  L’Europe ne doit pas être naïve avec la Chine, , July 16, 2018 https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/0301966860623-leurope-ne-doit-pas-se-montrer- naive-avec-la-chine-2192148.php  The West scrutinizes Chinese Investment, YaleGlobalOnline, July 3, 2018  How Merkel’s gift of goodwill could boost Beijing’s trade ties, South China Morning Post, May 25, 2018, http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2147889/how-angela-merkels- gift-goodwill-could-boost-beijing  Kazakhstan needs to think beyond Belt and Road, Nikkei Asian Review, May 2018 http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/05/04/kazakhstan-must-look-beyond-belt-and-road-pub- 76266  Emmanuel Macron’s Travel Diaries. First Step: China, Institut Montaigne, January 8, 2018, http://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/macrons-travel-diaries-first-step-china  Trump’s New Strategy is America’s Old Strategy: Gathering Allies”, The National Interest, January 7, 2018 http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/01/07/trump-s-new-strategy-is-america-s- old-strategy-gathering-allies-pub-75180  The new of Central Asia: China views for influence in Russia’s backyard – what will it mean for Kazakhstan?, Order from Chaos/Brookings, January 2, 2018 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/01/02/the-new-geopolitics-of-central-asia- china-vies-for-influence-in-russias-backyard/  China: Xi Jinping’s 2021 countdown, Institut Montaigne, December 18, 2017, http://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/china-xi-jinpings-2021-countdown  La difficile unité de l’UE face aux investissements chinois, , November 2, 2017 http://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/economie/2017/11/02/31007-20171102ARTFIG00052-philippe-le-corre- la-difficile-unite-de-l-ue-face-aux-investissements-chinois.php  European nations must come together on Chinese investment, Nikkei Asian review, October 11, 2017 http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/10/11/european-nations-must-come-together-on- chinese-investment-pub-73365

8  Europe’s Mixed View on China’s “One Belt, One Road Initiative”, The Interpreter (Lowy Institute), May 23, 2017 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/05/23/europes-mixed- views-on-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiative/  What A Beijing-Brussels axis would look like, Nikkei Asian Review, April 6, 2017, https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/beijing-brussels-axis-stands-little-chance/  La Chine, la mondialisation et l’Occident, Asialyst, April 7, 2017 https://asialyst.com/fr/2017/04/07/chine-mondialisation-occident/  A United Front for a More Open China, Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2016 (co-authored with David Dollar) http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-united-front-for-a-more-open-china-1483032884  Coordinated stance called for on Chinese investment, Nikkei Asian Review, December 10, 2016 (co-authored with Jonathan Pollack) http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Philippe-Le-Corre-and-Jonathan-Pollack  Facing anti-establishment sentiment, French republicans find their own answer, Brookings, November 30, 2016 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/11/30/facing-anti- establishment-sentiment-french-republicans-find-their-own-answer-in-traditional-values/  Watching the U.S. election, French observers see own political trends, Brookings, November 7, 2016 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/11/07/watching-the-u-s-election- french-observers-see-own-political-trends/  Facing threats at home, France should still engage abroad, Brookings, July 25, 2016  Sino-EU relations, a post-Brexit jump into the unknown, Nikkei Asian Review, July 11, 2016  The Brexit contagion could consume the French elite next, Financial Times, June 30, 2016  What China’s checkbook diplomacy means for Europe, Politico, May 12, 2016  France’s pivot to Asia: it’s more than just submarines, National Interest, May 11, 2016 (co- authored with Michael O’Hanlon)  China’s Offensive in London: why Beijing wants to invest in the United Kingdom, Foreign Affairs, April 5, 2016  La Chine en quête d’affirmation, Ouest France, January 18, 2016  The great game that never ends : China and Russia fight over Kazakhstan, Brookings, December 18, 2015 (co-authored by Kemal Kirisci)  Affaires avec la Chine: le chacun pour soi des Européens, Les Echos, November 13, 2015  Not a European beauty contest : the French and German approach to China, Brookings, Novembe 3,2016 (co-authored with May-Britt Stumbaum)  Why China goes to Europe, Brookings, July 29, 2015 (co-authored with Jonathan Pollack) http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/07/29-europe-engagement-china- pollack-lecorre  http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/03/17-dividing-west-chinas-new- investment-bank-lecorre  China’s European shopping spree, Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2015  Quel partenariat stratégique franco-chinois, Affaires stratégiques, March 28, 2014  China’s charm offensive, Europe’s World, Spring 2011  Partnering China, Europe’s World, Fall 2009  Qui formera les cadres chinois de demain ?, L’Expansion, June 2009  EU-China: a rapprochement in 2009 ?, Politico, February 2009  Chine : l’empire de la puissance douce?, Foreign Policy (French edition), October 2007  Blair has missed his chance to lead Europe, The Financial Times, 1 April 2004  Tony Blair falls out of favor with Europe, The Boston Globe, April 27, 2004  Great Britain or, the Illusion of a United Kingdom, La Tribune, April 18, 2002

9  Mondialisation, miroir chinois, Le Revenu français, 12 Dec. 1997 (co-written with H. Sérieyx): : A Chinese Mirror, Le Revenu Français, December 12 ,1997  Jiang Zemin, un parcours sans faute?, Asia Magazine, November 1997  Les difficultés du capitalisme d’Etat en Chine, , August 1997  China’s tycoons to Hong Kong’s rescue, Asian Wall Street Journal, 4 July 1996 & Hong Kong Economic Journal (one of Hong Kong’s top Chinese ), 11 July 1996  European Business: too busy for Bangkok, Asian Wall Street Journal, March 6, 1996  Unrepentent exile, Far Eastern Economic Review, November 20, 1994  Starry-Eyed Europe romances China, Asian Wall Street Journal, 13 september 1994  Postcard from Pyongyang, Wall Street Journal, July 25, 1994  Hong Kong: In China Before Its Time, Diplomatique, August 1994  Raz de marée télévisuel sur l’Asie, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1994  Lord Kadoorie: Legend of the Last Taipan, South China Morning Post, August 29, 1993  South Korean Firms pick the Chinese Option, Le Monde Diplomatique, October 1992  When Taiwan Pours Its Cash into Southeast Asia, Journal of Commerce, April 26, 1990  Taiwan mission aims to high-tech ties, Journal of Commerce, May 24, 1989  High-cost plague Taiwan Trade zone, Journal of Commerce, May 12, 1989  Taiwan shops abroad to clean up environment, Journal of Commerce, April 30, 1989  Taiwan urged to create export conglomerates, Journal of Commerce, April 19, 1989  Taiwan’s moves on currency puzzle bankers, Journal of Commerce, March 30, 1989

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