Rebekka Åsnes Sagild is an associate professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), where she is head of the Centre for International Security. Her research focus on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, in particular the relationship between China and Russia and Chinese elite politics.
Sagildholds a PhD in Modern China Studies (Chinese politics) from the University ofOslo (2022). She has previously been a guest researcher at CRESPPA in Paris,NIAS in Copenhagen, and Max Planck in Berlin.
Herresearch has appeared in journals such as Journal of Contemporary China, ChinaPerspectives and International Affairs (forthcoming). Recent publicationsinclude 'PolarPower Play? Sino-Russian Collaboration in the European Arctic'for CSIS, and 'ChineseRe-Examinations of Russia? The 'Strategic Partnership in the Wake of Russia’sWar Against Ukraine', co-written with Christopher Weidacher Hsiung.