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Martina Bernardini

Dr Martina Bernardini

Research Associate

Biography

Martina is a Research Associate at the Centre for Grand Strategy, based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. She has a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, where she was awarded the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship “Interrogating Visions of a Post-Western World: Interdisciplinary and Interregional Perspectives on the Future in a Changing International Order”.

Her research focuses on the analysis of the U.S. political debate on U.S.-China systemic competition in the long run, particularly looking at how the U.S. executive branch and Congress discuss U.S. trade and technology exchanges policy with China. Martina’s expertise has benefited especially from her engagement with the projects run by the Centre for Grand Strategy focusing on the study of world order and macro geopolitical dynamics to inform the foreign policy making process. During her PhD, she also received an additional research award by the Royal Historical Society.

Research Interests:

  • S. Political Debate on China
  • S. Foreign Policy
  • S.-China Systemic Competition
  • World Order

Thesis:

Navigating World Orders: the U.S. Strategic Debate on China since 1989

In an increasingly competitive and unpredictable international environment, the U.S. foreign policy debate describes the international order as marked by an opposition between democracies and autocracies. Especially in recent years, the question of whether the U.S. strategy of engagement with China in the past might have allowed China to become a threat to the U.S. national interest increasingly dominated U.S. politics. This research project joins this debate by building a map of the evolution of the U.S. political debate on China between 1989 and 2017, providing a long-term analysis of the foreign policy approaches, economic priorities, and contingencies that were object of discussion by U.S. policymakers debating the policy of engagement with China.

Research

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Events

09MayWill Inboden

Book Launch - 'The Peacemaker' with author Prof William Inboden

Join us for the book launch, the panel will include Prof William Inboden and Dr Charlie Laderman and Martina Bernardini will chair the Q&A

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05JunSSSResConStratStud

Grand strategic resets at the end of the Cold War

Strategic Studies panel for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

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Features

US China Policy after G20: Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst

A spotlight on research piece written by our Leverhulme doctoral fellow Martina Bernardini for our centres latest newsletter

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US Innovation and Competition Act: A Year On

A spotlight on research piece written by our Leverhulme doctoral fellow Martina Bernardini for our centres latest newsletter

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Research

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Centre for Grand Strategy

The Centre for Grand Strategy seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy.

Events

09MayWill Inboden

Book Launch - 'The Peacemaker' with author Prof William Inboden

Join us for the book launch, the panel will include Prof William Inboden and Dr Charlie Laderman and Martina Bernardini will chair the Q&A

Please note: this event has passed.

05JunSSSResConStratStud

Grand strategic resets at the end of the Cold War

Strategic Studies panel for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

US China Policy after G20: Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst

A spotlight on research piece written by our Leverhulme doctoral fellow Martina Bernardini for our centres latest newsletter

Biden G20 - banner

US Innovation and Competition Act: A Year On

A spotlight on research piece written by our Leverhulme doctoral fellow Martina Bernardini for our centres latest newsletter

Congress-Banner