Carice Witte is the Founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL Group (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership), an Israeli policy organization that specializes in China-Israel and China-Middle East affairs. Witte initiated Chinese-Israeli Track-II exchanges in 2011. The same year, she initiated an annual program held in Israel for Chinese faculty on teaching Israel Studies as well as the establishment of Israel Studies Programs (ISPs) at universities across China.
Having led over 1,000 briefings in China and Israel, she established an annual conference on Israel’s China policy in 2016 and a semi-annual China-Israel and annual China-Israel-U.S. Track-II dialogue in 2017. In 2019, Witte launched a seminar series for international China experts and policy professionals that evolved during COVID-19 into a monthly gathering. In 2022, she began developing SIGNAL Group’s new strategic agenda to strengthen Israel’s geostrategic position in the context of China’s growing role on the world stage and especially in the Middle East as well as the increasing tensions between Beijing and Washington.
An expert on China and China-Israel affairs, Witte is a leading contributor to defining this field of policy research in Israel. She has authored articles, research, and policy analysis papers on Sino-Israel relations, China’s evolving policy reforms and their impact on Israel, and strategic communication. Her research focuses on China’s foreign and domestic policy as it impacts Israel and the region, China’s work in the United Nations, China’s Global Security Initiative and Global Civilizations Initiative, and China and the Middle East.
Witte is on the board of the Israel Council on Foreign Affairs. She immigrated to Israel from the U.S. in 1987. Prior to forming SIGNAL Group, Witte pursued an entrepreneurial career in international real estate and Israeli high-tech, working with leading European banks. She is a graduate of Yale University. Witte has five children and four grandchildren.
