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Francesca Ghiretti

Dr Francesca Ghiretti

Research Assistant

Biography

Francesca Ghiretti is a Research Assistant at the Centre of Grand Strategy in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where her research focuses on economic security and geoeconomics. She received her PhD from War Studies, King’s College London where she was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship as part of the project ‘Interrogating Visions of a Post-Western World: Interdisciplinary and Interregional Perspectives on the Future in a Changing International Order’. Her thesis ‘The securitization of Chinese foreign direct investments in the EU’ explored how an economic means becomes a security issue as received the Outstanding Thesis Award.

Francesca worked as analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) where she covered economic security, the Belt and Road Initiaitive, EU-China relations and UK-China relations. She spent a semester as Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFR). Before joining MERICS, she worked as a Research Fellow Asia at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome leading a project on the Belt and Road Initiative in Italy. Francesca also worked as a geopolitical analyst for CQS, a London-based hedge fund and as assistant to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General of NATO.

Research Interests

  • Economic security
  • Geoeconomics
  • EU- China
  • Foreign direct investments
  • Securitization
  • UK-China
  • Italy-China

Publications

Research

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Centre for Grand Strategy

The Centre for Grand Strategy seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy.

News

New policy series analyses contemporary China's diplomatic, economic and security interactions with the world

As China continues to cement its role as a political and economic superpower it is as important as ever to evaluate how it operates beyond its own borders.

President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at signing of trade deal

Events

17Sep

Europe between US-China Competition

This event discusses where the UK and the EU are most affected by US-China competition.

Please note: this event has passed.

10Jun

Assessing the UK’s Integrated Review: The Implications for Regional and International Order

A projection on Britain’s future relationship with China and the EU

Please note: this event has passed.

10May

Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitisation and Foreign Policy

Andrea Ghiselli joins us to discuss his book, 'Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitization and Foreign Policy

Please note: this event has passed.

09Dec

Lau Policy Series 2020: China in the World

Join us for the launch of the Lau Policy Series 2020.

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

EIS_EU_Flags_MAIN
Centre for Grand Strategy

The Centre for Grand Strategy seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy.

News

New policy series analyses contemporary China's diplomatic, economic and security interactions with the world

As China continues to cement its role as a political and economic superpower it is as important as ever to evaluate how it operates beyond its own borders.

President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at signing of trade deal

Events

17Sep

Europe between US-China Competition

This event discusses where the UK and the EU are most affected by US-China competition.

Please note: this event has passed.

10Jun

Assessing the UK’s Integrated Review: The Implications for Regional and International Order

A projection on Britain’s future relationship with China and the EU

Please note: this event has passed.

10May

Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitisation and Foreign Policy

Andrea Ghiselli joins us to discuss his book, 'Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitization and Foreign Policy

Please note: this event has passed.

09Dec

Lau Policy Series 2020: China in the World

Join us for the launch of the Lau Policy Series 2020.

Please note: this event has passed.