Mareike Ohlberg Explained

Mareike Ohlberg
Other Names:	马晓月
Education:	Heidelberg University (BA, PhD), Columbia University (MA)
Occupation:	Sinologist
Employer:	German Marshall Fund
Organization:	Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

Mareike Ohlberg is a German sinologist currently serving as a senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), based in GMF's Berlin office.^[1] She is also an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.^[2]

Education

Ohlberg holds a BA in Chinese studies from Heidelberg University, a MA in East Asian regional studies with a focus on modern China from Columbia University in the United States, and a PhD in Chinese studies from Heidelberg University.^[3]

Career

Prior to joining GMF, Mareike was an analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies focusing on China's digital policies and Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in Europe; An Wang postdoctoral fellow at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; and a postdoctoral fellow at Shih-Hsin University.

Publications

Books

• Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World (2020) (co-authored with Clive Hamilton)

Reports

• United Front Work and Political Influence Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, National Bureau of Asian Research, June 1, 2022^[4]

Articles

• Why China Is Freaking Out Over Biden’s Democracy Summit, Foreign Policy, December 10, 2021 (co-authored with Bonnie S. Glaser)^[5]
• China’s Biosecurity State in Xinjiang Is Powered by Western Tech, Foreign Policy, February 19, 2020 (co-authored with Jessica Batke)^[6]

US Congressional testimonies

• “Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission” Hearing on “China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities”, March 23, 2023^[7]

References

1. Web site: 2023-07-26 . Mareike Ohlberg German Marshall Fund of the United States . 2023-09-29 . www.gmfus.org . en.
2. Web site: Mareike Ohlberg . 2023-09-29 . Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China . en-GB.
3. Web site: Cluster Asia and Europe - Uni Heidelberg: Person . 2023-09-29 . www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de . de.
4. Web site: United Front Work and Political Influence Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa . 2023-09-29 . The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) . en.
5. Web site: Ohlberg . Mareike . Glaser . Bonnie S. . Bonnie S. Glaser . 2021-12-10 . Why China Is Freaking Out Over Biden’s Democracy Summit . 2023-09-29 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
6. Web site: Batke . Jessica . Ohlberg . Mareike . 2020-02-19 . China’s Biosecurity State in Xinjiang Is Powered by Western Tech . 2023-09-29 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
7. Web site: "Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on "China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities" . September 29, 2023 . US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.