Sarah Kirchberger

Sarah Kirchberger, M.A., PhD is head of Asia-Pacific Strategy & Security at ISPK. She is also Vice President of the German Maritime Institute (DMI) and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

After completing academic training in Sinology and Political Science, she served as an analyst with naval shipbuilder Blohm + Voss and later became an assistant professor of Contemporary China Studies at the Asia-Africa-Institute (AAI), University of Hamburg, Germany.

Her research focuses on contemporary Chinese politics and military development.