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. She is also an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.

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

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

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

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