
Dr Pascal Abb
Senior ResearcherResearch Department:
Intrastate Conflict
Contact
E-Mail: abb@hsfk.deDownload Press Photo (482 KB)
CV
since 2020 | Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) |
2018–2020 | Senior Researcher at the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Vienna |
2016 | Visiting fellow at Tsinghua University, Beijing |
2015 | Visiting fellow at National Chengchi University, Taipei |
2013–2017 | Research fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg |
2009–2013 | Research fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and University of Hamburg, awarded Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) degree in 2013 |
2004–2005 | Scholarship for Modern Chinese studies at Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing |
2002–2008 | University studies in Political Science, Sinology and Philosophy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland |
Expertise
Dr Pascal Abb is working on the following issues:
- Chinese Foreign Policy
- Belt and Road Initative
- Chinese Conceptions of World Orders
- Infrastructure and Conflicts
- Knowledge and Governance
- Taiwan
Publications
- The EU-China Investment Agreement: a sign of political naïveté or strategic autonomy? | 2021
Abb, Pascal (2021): The EU-China Investment Agreement: a sign of political naïveté or strategic autonomy?, PRIF Blog, 8.1.2021.
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- From China Threat to Red Scare: a Post-Trump Republican Perspective on US-China Relations | 2020
Abb, Pascal (2020): From China Threat to Red Scare: a Post-Trump Republican Perspective on US-China Relations, PRIF Blog, 26.11.2020.
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- China Policy in the 2020 Election: Same Same, but Different? | 2020
Abb, Pascal (2020): China Policy in the 2020 Election: Same Same, but Different?, PRIF Blog, 22.10.2020.
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- From "Peaceful Rise" to "Peacebuilder"? How Evolving Chinese Discourses and Self-Perceptions Impact Its Growing Influence in Conflict Societies (online first) | 2020
Abb, Pascal (2020): From "Peaceful Rise" to "Peacebuilder"? How Evolving Chinese Discourses and Self-Perceptions Impact Its Growing Influence in Conflict Societies (online first), in: Journal of Contemporary China, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2020.1827353.
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- Fraying Ties | 2020
Abb, Pascal (2020): Fraying Ties. The Securitization of the US-China Relationship, PRIF Spotlight 11/2020, Frankfurt/M.
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- The Korean Peace Process: A Regional Solution? | 2019
Abb, Pascal (2019): The Korean Peace Process: A Regional Solution?, in: ASPR Policy Brief 1/2019, https://www.friedensburg.at/uploads/files/2019_01_Korean_peace_process.pdf.
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- The Devil Is in the Detail: The Positions of BRICS Countries Towards UN Security Council Reform and the Responsibility to Protect | 2019
Abb, Pascal/Jetschke, Anja (2019): The Devil Is in the Detail: The Positions of BRICS Countries Towards UN Security Council Reform and the Responsibility to Protect, in: Stephen, Matthew D./Zürn, Michael (eds), Contested World Orders: Rising Powers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Politics of Authority Beyond the Nation-State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 167–201.
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- Leaders or "Guides" of Public Opinion? The Media Role of Chinese Foreign Policy Experts | 2019
Abb, Pascal (2019): Leaders or "Guides" of Public Opinion? The Media Role of Chinese Foreign Policy Experts, in: Modern China, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0097700419882733.
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- Taiwan’s Think Tanks and the Practice of Unofficial Diplomacy | 2019
Abb, Pascal (2019): Taiwan’s Think Tanks and the Practice of Unofficial Diplomacy, Taiwan Insight, 6.8.2019.
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- The Hong Kong Protests: A Hybrid Governance Failure | 2019
Abb, Pascal (2019): The Hong Kong Protests: A Hybrid Governance Failure, in: ASPR Policy Brief 2/2019, https://www.friedensburg.at/uploads/files/2019_02_Hong_Kong_governance.pdf.
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- The Future of Nonproliferation | 2018
Abb, Pascal (2018): The Future of Nonproliferation, in: ASPR Policy Brief 3/2018, https://www.friedensburg.at/uploads/files/2018_03_Nonproliferation_V2.pdf.
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- China’s Emergence as a Peacebuilding Actor | 2018
Abb, Pascal (2018): China’s Emergence as a Peacebuilding Actor, in: ASPR Policy Brief 4/2018, https://www.friedensburg.at/uploads/files/2018_04_China_27s_Peacebuilding.pdf.
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- What Drives Inter-State Balancing? Estimations of Domestic and Systemic Factors | 2018
Abb, Pascal (2018): What Drives Inter-State Balancing? Estimations of Domestic and Systemic Factors, in: International Politics, 55:2, 279–296, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-017-0141-x.
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- Understanding the Development of Think Tanks in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan | 2018
Abb, Pascal/Köllner, Patrick/Xufeng, Zhu (2018): Understanding the Development of Think Tanks in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan, in: Pacific Affairs, 91:1, 5–26, https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/articles/understanding-the-development-of-think-tanks-in-mainland-china-taiwan-and-japan-an-introduction-to-the-special-issue/.
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- The Impact of Democratization, Political Culture, and Diplomatic Isolation on Think Tank Development in Taiwan | 2018
Abb, Pascal/Yang, Alan (2018): The Impact of Democratization, Political Culture, and Diplomatic Isolation on Think Tank Development in Taiwan, in: Pacific Affairs, 91:1, 73–94, https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/articles/the-impact-of-democratization-political-culture-and-diplomatic-isolation-on-think-tank-development-in-taiwan/.
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- Taiwan-Focused Research Institutes in China | 2017
Abb, Pascal (2017): Taiwan-Focused Research Institutes in China, Global Taiwan Brief, 31.5.2017.
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- The "Trump Phenomenon" in the Eyes of Chinese Experts: Promises and Challenges of a Transactional Presidency | 2017
Abb, Pascal (2017): The "Trump Phenomenon" in the Eyes of Chinese Experts: Promises and Challenges of a Transactional Presidency, in: Monde Chinois, 48, 41–52.
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- Trump und das außenpolitische Erbe Obamas | 2016
Abb, Pascal/Nolte, Detlef/Kappel, Robert/Fürtig, Henner (2016): Trump und das außenpolitische Erbe Obamas, in: GIGA Focus Global 7/2016, https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/gf_global_1607.pdf.
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- Punish the Philippines, Forgive Vietnam? The South China Sea Disputes in the Eyes of Chinese Experts | 2016
Abb, Pascal (2016): Punish the Philippines, Forgive Vietnam? The South China Sea Disputes in the Eyes of Chinese Experts, in: Fels, Enrico/Truong, Minh Huy Vu (eds), Power Politics in Asia’s Contested Waters. Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea, Berlin: Springer, 139–157.
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- China’s New Think Tank Diplomacy | 2016
Abb, Pascal (2016): China’s New Think Tank Diplomacy, ECFR China Analysis, 25.8.2016.
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- Are Think Tanks in Asia Unique? | 2016
Abb, Pascal (2016): Are Think Tanks in Asia Unique?, On Think Tanks, 5.5.2016.
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- A Review of Expert Voices in Chinese Media: The Case of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute | 2016
Abb, Pascal (2016): A Review of Expert Voices in Chinese Media: The Case of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute, in: Asian Politics and Policy, 8:2, 361–365, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aspp.12253.
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- How Will Beijing React to a Tsai Presidency? | 2016
Abb, Pascal (2016): How Will Beijing React to a Tsai Presidency?, China Policy Blog, 15.1.2016.
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- Foreign Policy Think Tanks in China and Japan: Characteristics, Current Profile, and the Case of Collective Self-Defense | 2015
Abb, Pascal/Köllner, Patrick (2015): Foreign Policy Think Tanks in China and Japan: Characteristics, Current Profile, and the Case of Collective Self-Defense, in: International Journal, 70:4, 593–612, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020702015592119.
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- China-Southeast Asian Relations: Global and Regional Linkages | 2015
Abb, Pascal/Strüver, Georg (2015): China-Southeast Asian Relations: Global and Regional Linkages, in: Issues & Studies, 51:4, 33–83.
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- China, Southeast Asia and Taiwan: Navigating Uncertain Waters | 2015
Abb, Pascal (2015): China, Southeast Asia and Taiwan: Navigating Uncertain Waters, CSCAP Asia-Pacific Watch, 1.11.2015.
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- China's Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Institutional Evolution and Changing Roles | 2015
Abb, Pascal (2015): China's Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Institutional Evolution and Changing Roles, in: Journal of Contemporary China, 24:93, 531–553, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2014.953856.
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- China's Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Explaining Institutional Developments and Shifting Roles | 2014
Abb, Pascal (2014): China's Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Explaining Institutional Developments and Shifting Roles, https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/volltexte/2014/6788/.
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- Taiwan und die Transpazifische Partnerschaft: wirtschaftliche Integration oder politische Aufwertung? | 2014
Abb, Pascal/Finkensiep, Sarah (2014): Taiwan und die Transpazifische Partnerschaft: wirtschaftliche Integration oder politische Aufwertung?, in: GIGA Focus Asien 1/2014, https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/175652/gf_asien_1401.pdf.
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- Chinas außenpolitische Thinktanks: neue Rollen und Aktivitäten | 2013
Abb, Pascal (2013): Chinas außenpolitische Thinktanks: neue Rollen und Aktivitäten, in: GIGA Focus Asien 3/2013, https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/gf_asien_1303.pdf.
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- Die US-Außenpolitik nach den Halbzeit-Wahlen 2010: Der Blick geht nach Innen | 2010
Abb, Pascal (2010): Die US-Außenpolitik nach den Halbzeit-Wahlen 2010: Der Blick geht nach Innen, in: GIGA Focus Global 12/2010, https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/gf_global_1012.pdf.
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