Tobias Gehrke

Biography

Tobias Gehrke is a Research Fellow in the Europe in the World Programme at the Egmont Institute since 2017. His research centres on geoeconomics, economic statecraft, and international political economy, particularly in the context of EU-China-US strategic economic affairs. He has been contributing to several international research and advisory projects for EU institutions, member states, and private stakeholders.

Tobias was a Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore, Nottingham University, and at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C. He also gained experience at the EU Commission’s DG Trade and the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin.

He will shortly complete a PhD as part of the EU Horizon 2020 Marie Curie research project “EU Trade & Investment Policy” (EUTIP) at Ghent University.

Publications

• Europe and America don’t see eye to eye on economic security: How to avoid fragmentation Other publications (26-10-2022)
• Preventing the Critical Minerals Crisis European Policy Briefs (10-05-2022)
• EU Open Strategic Autonomy and the Trappings of Geoeconomics Other publications (3-05-2022)
• Tanks versus Banks: Russian Military versus EU Geoeconomic Power Security Policy Briefs (26-04-2022)
• Putin’s critical raw materials are a threat to EU economic security Commentaries (15-03-2022)
• Taming Techno-Nationalism: A Policy Agenda Other publications (30-09-2021)
• How 2400 pages of tech industrial policy will change transatlantic relations Security Policy Briefs (13-07-2021)
• Threading the trade needle on Open Strategic Autonomy? Other publications (28-04-2021)
• After Covid-19: Economic security in EU-Asia connectivity Other publications (28-05-2020)
• Why now is the time to get real on EU economic security Commentaries (10-04-2020)
• Beyond Corona: Getting EU Economic Security Right Security Policy Briefs (1-04-2020)
• Imagining a geoeconomic European Union Commentaries (24-02-2020)
• What could a geoeconomic EU look like in 2020? Security Policy Briefs (20-02-2020)
• Reset transatlantic trade through cooperation on technology Commentaries (19-02-2020)
• Transatlantic trade is stuck: time to integrate trade, technology, and security Commentaries (10-02-2020)
• Open & Inclusive Digital Spaces: EUTIP views from the WTO Public Forum 2019 Other publications (7-01-2020)
• Redefining the EU-China economic partnership: beyond reciprocity lies strategy Security Policy Briefs (19-02-2019)
• The EU Enters the Geoeconomic Arena Other publications (3-12-2018)