Dr Xuechen Chen

Dr Xuechen Chen is an Assistant Professor in Politics & International Relations at New College of the Humanities London at Northeastern University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the London Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Science, King's College London. She received her PhD in European Studies at King's College London and MSc in European Studies at London School of Economics. Her research focuses on EU foreign policy, EU external relations with the Asia-Pacific region and Chinese foreign policy.

Research interests

• EU-East Asia relations
• EU foreign policy
• Chinese foreign policy

Latest publications

• Chen, X. (2021). Unpacking Normative Power Europe: EU Promotion of Security Norm Cluster in ASEAN. European Security. Online first.
• Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2021). Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal. Online first.
• Gao, X., & Chen, X. (2021). Understanding the EU’s changing trade policy strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region from a role-theory perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 13(2).
• Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2021). An Analysis of the Perception Gap between the EU’s Connectivity Strategy and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. L'Europe en Formation, (2), 78-93.
• Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2020). Bridging the Capability–Expectations Gap? An Analysis of the New Dynamics in the EU’s Security Strategy Towards Asia. Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies, 18(3), 9-36.
• Yang, Y., & Chen, X. (2021). Globalism or nationalism? The paradox of Chinese official discourse in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 26(1), 89-113.
• Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2020). Exploring the Dynamic Nexus Between the European Union’s Trade and Foreign Policy Toward East Asia. In Global Politics and EU Trade Policy (pp. 115-137). Springer, Cham.
• Chen, X. (2018). The role of ASEAN’s identities in reshaping the ASEAN–EU relationship. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 40(2), 222-246.