Welcome to my personal website. I am a scholar, analyst and consultant focusing on Asia-Europe political, economic and security relations and the China-EU-US strategic triangle.
Currently Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Institute-University of Bologna; Associate Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome; and affiliated to the Wilson Center in Washington DC and the European University Institute in Florence.
I have authored various books, articles and policy papers. My work has received media attention and has appeared in (among the others): Project Syndicate, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Reuters, The Diplomat, Asia Times, China Daily, Taipei Times, Nikkei Asia.
I am the founding director of Orientedworld - a consultancy incorporated in London.
Please find here more information About me, Research highlights, main Publications (including pdf copy), Media interventions, Consultancy experience and projects.
A spiritual seeker and a student of the International School of Self Awareness, am currently working on a book (and website) on how Eastern and Western esoteric Schools influence international politics and economics.
I currently live between Paris, Rome and Bologna - and regularly spend time in Asia. To contact me please write to: nicola.casarini@eui.eu
Will China take Taiwan by force? And what could the EU do to contribute to regional peace and reduce growing tensions between Beijing and Taipei? Beijing claims that the island is one of its provinces, whereas the current Taiwanese government maintains that it is already an independent country. A conflict
Europe is bolstering China’s monetary ambitions, lending support to the internationalization of the renminbi – a trend th that has wider implications for the US and its Asian allies. This Opinion was originally published in Nikkei Asia on 12 June 2022. Yet, the argument that I put forward with my
You know China, and you know the European Union. But do you know their relationship? And how could it affect US foreign policy? In this episode of the Wilson Center podcast on global politics, I talk about this complicated relationship and how it impacts the United States. The Wilson Center
The history of transatlantic cooperation on China shows that periods of alignment have been followed by times of divergence. This article explains why, and how. Originally published on the Wilson Center website on 18 December 2021, Transatlantic cooperation on China has been re-booted since the arrival of Joe Biden in