Janka Oertel

Director, Asia Programme

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Germany

Janka Oertel is the Director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She previously worked as a Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Berlin office, where she focused on transatlantic China policy including on emerging technologies, Chinese foreign policy, and security in East Asia. Prior to joining GMF, she served as a program director at Körber Foundation’s Berlin office.

She holds a PhD from the University of Jena. Her dissertation focused on Chinese policies within the United Nations. She was a visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin) and worked at United Nations Headquarters, New York, as a Carlo-Schmid-Fellow. She has published widely on topics related to EU-China relations, US-China relations, security in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese foreign policy, 5G and emerging technologies as well as climate cooperation.

contributions

24.04.2023
09:45
Palaissaal
Executive Panel Discussion

Global Security: Polarities Revisited

Moderated by Melinda Crane

Stefanie Babst | Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Germany

Janka Oertel | European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Germany

Domitilla Sagramoso | King's College London, UK