Plamen Tonchev is Head of the Asia Unit at the Athens-based Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) and a founding member of the European think-tank Network on China (ETNC). His latest publications include the IIER report on “Chinese Investment in Greece and the Big Picture of Sino-Greek Relations” (co-authored, 2017), “China’s Image in Greece, 2008-2018” (co-authored, 2018), the paper “Along the Road: Sri Lanka’s Tale of Two Ports” (European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2018), “Chinese Investment in Greek and Sri Lankan Sea Ports: Analogies and Lessons Learned” (LKI, 2019), and “China’s Soft Power in Southeast Europe” (FES, 2020). Plamen contributes frequently to The Diplomat.
Last Updated: April 1, 2020
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