Baltic Rim Economies 2/2026 focuses on China.
”The protracted illegal Israeli and U.S. war on Iran has instigated a heated debate within China on the fate of the petrodollar. The participants are prominent scholars from influential Chinese research institutions.”
Matti Nojonen
Professor of Chinese Society and Culture
University of Lapland
Finland
”For years, the High North was often imagined as a region where science, environmental protection and practical cooperation could remain insulated from great-power rivalry. Arctic exceptionalism is over — if it ever fully existed.”
Reinhard Biedermann
Professor
Department of Global Politics and Economics, Tamkang University
Taiwan
”When the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, the Nordic countries recognized the new government relatively quickly compared with other Western states, such as the United States of America (USA). Although each Nordic country maintains its own distinct relationship with China, Nordic–PRC relations can generally be characterized as relatively functional and marked by fewer frictions than China’s relations with major powers such as the USA.”
Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Professor of Chinese Studies
University of Helsinki
Finland
”President Xi Jinping’s stated ambition to establish the People’s Republic of China (China) as a global leader, a military power, and a major polar power carries significant implications for the Arctic region and Nordic countries, in particular with respect to both economic and strategic dimensions.”
Cécile Pelaudeix
Ph.D., Political Scientist, Associated Member
Pacte Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA
France
Fellow
Academy of International Affairs
Bonn, Germany
”The protracted illegal Israeli and U.S. war on Iran has instigated a heated debate within China on the fate of the petrodollar. The participants are prominent scholars from influential Chinese research institutions.”
Matti Nojonen
Professor of Chinese Society and Culture
University of Lapland
Finland
”For years, the High North was often imagined as a region where science, environmental protection and practical cooperation could remain insulated from great-power rivalry. Arctic exceptionalism is over — if it ever fully existed.”
Reinhard Biedermann
Professor
Department of Global Politics and Economics, Tamkang University
Taiwan
”When the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, the Nordic countries recognized the new government relatively quickly compared with other Western states, such as the United States of America (USA). Although each Nordic country maintains its own distinct relationship with China, Nordic–PRC relations can generally be characterized as relatively functional and marked by fewer frictions than China’s relations with major powers such as the USA.”
Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Professor of Chinese Studies
University of Helsinki
Finland
”President Xi Jinping’s stated ambition to establish the People’s Republic of China (China) as a global leader, a military power, and a major polar power carries significant implications for the Arctic region and Nordic countries, in particular with respect to both economic and strategic dimensions.”
Cécile Pelaudeix
Ph.D., Political Scientist, Associated Member
Pacte Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA
France
Fellow
Academy of International Affairs
Bonn, Germany
