Helena Legarda
Helena Legarda is a researcher at the Berlin-based think tank MERICS, specializing in Chinese politics and international relations. She provides expert analysis on China's strategic ambitions and its responses to Western actions, particularly in the context of security concerns in the Red Sea region amid rising tensions with Germany and other Western nations.
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Helena Legarda is the head of the external relations program at Merics, discussing China's ambitions in the Arctic.
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Greece· 2026-02-12
Helena Legarda has described China's approach in the South China Sea as one that seeks to make occupancy untenable over time.
Inside China’s gray zone activities: How Beijing is salami slicing its way to influence
India· 2026-02-03
Helena Legarda is a researcher at the MERICS think tank who analyzed China's military presence in the Red Sea.
Jutarnji list - Drama na Crvenom moru, Nijemci su bijesni, hitno pozvan kineski veleposlanik: 'Ugrozili ste nam živote, a bili smo u rutinskoj misiji!'
Croatia· 2025-07-09
Helena Legarda is an expert from the MERICS think tank who analyzed China's military presence in the Red Sea.
Jutarnji list - Drama na Crvenom moru, Nijemci su bijesni, hitno pozvan kineski veleposlanik: 'Ugrozili ste nam živote, a bili smo u rutinskoj misiji!'Croatia· 2025-07-09