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Mathieu Duchâtel

Mathieu Duchâtel

Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies, Institut Montaigne
Dr Mathieu Duchâtel is Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne. He was previously a senior policy fellow and the deputy director of the Asia and China Program at the European Council of Foreign Relations (2015-2018), a senior researcher and the representative in Beijing of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2011-2015), a research fellow with Asia Centre in Paris (2007-2011) and an associate researcher based in Taipei with Asia Centre (2004-2007). He has spent a total of nine years in Shanghai (Fudan University), Taipei (National Chengchi University) and Beijing and has been visiting scholar at the School of International Studies of Peking University in 2011/2012, the Japan Institute of International Affairs in 2015, and the Institute of National Defense and Security Research in Taipei in September 2020. He holds a PhD in political science from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).

Articles by Mathieu Duchâtel

Politics

How the EU is trapped in a status quo that rewards China

Europe finds itself at an impasse in its relations with China. Fundamentally, China holds more of the cards, and this does not change even with recent escalating events like the US-Israeli war on Iran. French researcher Mathieu Duchâtel gives his assessment.

Mathieu Duchâtel

26 Mar 2026

Politics

‘Jubilant’ China, exhausted Europe: The 25th EU-China summit 

Those who expected that growing tensions within the transatlantic alliance might prompt China to adopt a more conciliatory approach on contentious issues with the EU, in an attempt to widen the divide with Washington, have been proven entirely wrong, says French researcher Mathieu Duchâtel.

Mathieu Duchâtel

29 Jul 2025

Economy

Why isn’t China courting Europe amid the tariff war?

The EU wants more from its relationship with China, pushing for a rebalanced partnership. But despite the disruption caused by Trump’s trade war and escalating US tariffs, China seems uninterested in deepening ties with the EU, its second-largest export market. Why is there no offer coming from Beijing to seduce the Europeans? French researcher Mathieu Duchâtel shares his analysis.

Mathieu Duchâtel

30 Apr 2025