Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is Professor of Global Political Economy and Geopolitics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy, New Political Economy, Globalizations and Global Networks.

Jaša Veselinovi¿ is a PhD Researcher in Political Science at the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He is part of the Cluster of Excellence: Contestations of the Liberal Script - SCRIPTS.

Naná de Graaff is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, and Global Networks. De Graaff is chair of the EU-COST China in Europe Research Network.

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