Lukas Fiala is a PhD International Relations candidate at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, researching China’s defence industry, military strategy and emerging security relationships with countries in the Global South. He is also the Project Coordinator of China Foresight, the China-focused research programme at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS, the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s foreign policy think-tank. Previously, he was a Yenching Academy Scholar at Peking University.