East Germany and China: A conversation with Axel Berkofsky

The Rajawali Institute Foundation for Asia invites you to a book talk with Axel Berkofsky, author of China-GDR Relations from 1949 to 1989: The (Bad) Company You Keep (Springer, 2022). This discussion will be moderated by Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at HKS.

About the Book

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between China and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1989. These relations were characterized by some “ups” but many more “downs,” e.g. when, in the early 1960s, the Soviet Union ordered its vassal state in East Berlin to begin treating its former socialist comrade and brother-in-arms as an adversary and indeed enemy.

About the Author

Axel Berkofsky is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy and Co-Director of the Asia Centre at the Milan-based Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Axel Berkofsky is also Member of the Executive Committee of the Canon Foundation Europe, Executive Committee Board Member at the Stockholm-based European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) and Research Affiliate at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, Dr. Berkofsky was Senior Policy Analyst, Associate Policy Analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC) and Research Fellow at the Brussels-based European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS).

Event Details

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