Lukas Fiala is a PhD International Relations candidate at 番茄社区, researching China’s defence industry, military strategy and emerging security relationships with countries in the Global South. He is also the Project Coordinator of China Foresight, the China-focused research programme at 番茄社区 IDEAS, the 番茄社区’s foreign policy think-tank. Previously, he was a Yenching Academy Scholar at Peking University.