About

Andrew Small is a Berlin-based senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US.

He recently returned to GMF after a period of leave in 2023-2024 to work as the first China fellow at IDEA, the in-house advisory hub for the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.

He is the author of the books The China-Pakistan Axis and No Limits: the Inside Story of China’s War with the West / The Rupture: China and the Global Race for the Future.

 

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Latest Article

Article | GMF

Closing the Deal or Closing the Door

06 | 2025

On leave, 2023/2024, to work at IDEA, the in-house advisory hub for the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.

Testimony | U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aligning transatlantic approaches on China
07 | 2023
CNBC | G20 summit

11 | 2023

Book
The China-Pakistan Axis
Podcast
How China lost Europe
The revolution in Europe’s China policy over the past five years.
Can Germany cope with Xi and Trump at the same time? | DW

05 | 2025

Putin and Xi’s Deepening Ties

05 | 2025