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Peter Hefele

Policy Director

Dr Peter Hefele finished his PhD Studies in Economics and Economic History in 1997 at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). He worked as an economic researcher at the Institute for Economy and Society in Bonn and joined the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in 2003 as Head of the Department of Economic Education. In 2006 he became Head of Division China, South East Asia, India / Team Asia and the Pacific at KAS in Berlin (Germany).

From December 2010 to February 2015, he worked as Director of the China Office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Shanghai. From March 2015 till April 2019 he was Director of the Regional Project “Energy Security and Climate Change” (RECAP), based in Hong Kong SAR / PR China. From May 2019 to November 2021, he was Director of the Department Asia and the Pacific at KAS in Berlin. Since then, he has served as the Martens Centre’s Policy Director.

His main fields of expertise are economic policy, international development cooperation and energy/climate policy. He is an expert on political, economic and social developments in Asia and China.

He is fluent in German, English and Hungarian, has good command in French and Italian and basic knowledge in Chinese.

More by Peter Hefele

  • China Shies Away From Confrontation With EU Over EV Probe

    In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes

    27 Sep 2023

  • Some inconvenient truth about international development policy

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    04 Sep 2023

  • Germany’s new security strategy — much ado about nothing

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    22 Jun 2023

  • Food security: an underestimated critical infrastructure in Europe

    Blog

    22 Jun 2023

  • (Un)timely thoughts about Sino-Russian ‘friendship’

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    12 Apr 2023

  • EU-Central Asia: An Underdeveloped Relationship

    Blog

    15 Dec 2022

  • A culture of civil defence is key to Europe’s resilience

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    25 Aug 2022

  • What is China up to with its new ‘Global Security Initiative’?

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    29 Jul 2022

  • Thinking Talks Ep.6 with Ming-Yen Tsai, Ambassador, Taipei Representative Office in the EU & Belgium

    Multimedia - Thinking Talks - Ukraine

    27 Jul 2022

  • Cyber Diplomacy: a Key Field for European Diplomacy

    Blog

    05 Jul 2022


Publications written or edited by Peter Hefele

  • The UN Sustainable Development Goals – Some Reflections from the Perspective of the European Economic and Social Committee 

    Other

    The UN Sustainable Development Goals – Some Reflections from the Perspective of the European Economic and Social Committee 

  • The 7Ds for Sustainability: Strategic Policy Initiatives for the European Centre-Right

    Other

    The 7Ds for Sustainability: Strategic Policy Initiatives for the European Centre-Right

  • Culture Wars: How to stabilise liberal democracies and regain ground for the centre–right parties

    IN FOCUS

    Culture Wars: How to stabilise liberal democracies and regain ground for the centre–right parties

  • The Long View: A Centre Right Response to the Economic Fallout of War in Ukraine

    Ukraine

    The Long View: A Centre Right Response to the Economic Fallout of War in Ukraine

  • Russia’s War Against Ukraine is Changing Europe’s Strategic Culture

    Ukraine

    Russia’s War Against Ukraine is Changing Europe’s Strategic Culture

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