Mareike Ohlberg

Mareike Ohlberg is a German sinologist currently serving as a senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), based in GMF's Berlin office.^[1] She is also an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.^[2]

Mareike Ohlberg
Other names	马晓月
Education	Heidelberg University (BA, PhD), Columbia University (MA)
Occupation	Sinologist
Employer	German Marshall Fund
Organization	Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

Education

Ohlberg holds a BA in Chinese studies from Heidelberg University, a MA in East Asian regional studies with a focus on modern China from Columbia University in the United States, and a PhD in Chinese studies from Heidelberg University.^[3]

Career

Prior to joining GMF, Mareike was an analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies focusing on China's digital policies and Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in Europe; An Wang postdoctoral fellow at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; and a postdoctoral fellow at Shih-Hsin University.

Publications

Books

• Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World (2020) (co-authored with Clive Hamilton)

Reports

• United Front Work and Political Influence Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, National Bureau of Asian Research, June 1, 2022^[4]

Articles

• Why China Is Freaking Out Over Biden’s Democracy Summit, Foreign Policy, December 10, 2021 (co-authored with Bonnie S. Glaser)^[5]
• China’s Biosecurity State in Xinjiang Is Powered by Western Tech, Foreign Policy, February 19, 2020 (co-authored with Jessica Batke)^[6]

US Congressional testimonies

• “Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission” Hearing on “China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities”, March 23, 2023^[7]