Luke Patey
Senior Researcher
Foreign policy and diplomacy
Bio
Primary research areas
Luke Patey's research focuses on economic security, industrial competitiveness, emerging technologies, and economic coercion and sanctions within Europe-China relations, US-China relations, and the Indo-Pacific region. He also examines the impact of oil and extractives on conflict and development in Africa and China’s relations with the Global South.
Patey is author of How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions (Oxford University Press USA, 2021) and The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan (Hurst, 2014). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, and The Hindu.
Patey has been a visiting scholar at the United Nations University (Tokyo), the Social Science Research Council (New York), Peking University (Beijing), and Centre d'études et de recherches internationals (Paris). Patey holds a BSc (Hons.) in commerce from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada) and a MSc and PhD from the Copenhagen Business School.
Featured publications
Book
2021
The Pushback against Chinese Global Ambitions
Luke Patey
Journal Article
2022
The economic case for Germany cozying up to China is surprisingly weak
Luke Patey
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Report
2022
Can Europe stay ahead in green and 5G technologies?
Luke Patey
DIIS Policy Brief
2021
Understanding Beijing’s evolving statecraft
Luke Patey
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Book
2014
China, India, and the global struggle for oil in Sudan and South Sudan
Luke Patey
Research and activites
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Photo/illustration by ILO via Flickr copyright licenseJournal Article2023Can India become the de-risking champion multinationals are looking for?Luke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Shutterstock/BeeBrightJournal Article2023Pushback to President Biden's executive order on outbound investment has been swift from all sidesLuke Patey
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Journal Article2023Can the European Union overcome its deep reliance on China’s critical minerals supply chain?Luke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Owen Byrne via Flickr.com copyright licenseJournal Article2023What Tokyo can teach its Western allies about doing business with ChinaLuke Patey
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Web Article2023Luke Patey
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Journal Article2022The economic case for Germany cozying up to China is surprisingly weakLuke Patey
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Journal Article2022Can Ericsson survive after being shut out of China? When it comes to 5G, a post-China future may not be as bleak as imagined.Luke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseReport2022Can Europe stay ahead in green and 5G technologies?Luke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Lennart Larsen via Wiki Commons copyright licenseJournal Article2022The possibility for collective action against China’s economic coercion seems more likely than ever.Luke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseArticle2021Luke Patey
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Journal Article2021Abhijnan Rej & Luke Patey
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Book2021The Pushback against Chinese Global AmbitionsLuke Patey
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Article2021The world doesn’t have to put up with Beijing’s attempts at economic coercion.Luke Patey
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Book2020Boom-Era Political and Institutional InnovationLuke Patey, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira & Nelson Oppong
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Journal Article2020Boom-era political and institutional innovationNelson Oppong, Luke Patey & Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
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Article2020Luke Patey
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Journal Article2020Luke Patey
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Book2019What lies aheadLuke Patey
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DIIS Book2018Danish Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North AfricaRasmus Alenius Boserup, Luke Patey & Hetav Rojan
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2017How a Botched Peacekeeping Mission Is Undermining AbeLuke Patey
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Working papers etc.2017Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, and prospects and risks for oil in East AfricaLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2024Luke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Understanding Beijing’s evolving statecraftLuke Patey
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Policy Brief2021Competing with China on 5G and future technologiesLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2020Small states can be players in great power competitionLuke Patey
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Policy Brief2020Developing a European Indo-Pacific Strategy for a Changing Global OrderLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2019Tokyo’s evolving security agendaLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Geopolitics and non-western intervention in SyriaLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Corporate actors in China’s foreign and defense policyLuke Patey & Michal Meidan
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DIIS Policy Brief2016China’s new global investment strategyLuke Patey & Michal Meidan
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DIIS Policy Brief2016China’s foreign policy and security challengesLuke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2012Luke Patey & Daniel Large
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DIIS Policy Brief2008Luke Patey
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DIIS Policy Brief2006Sudan in FocusLuke Patey