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SAIS Europe Research & Events | BOOK PRESENTATION - The Hedgers: How the Global South Navigates the Sino-American Competition
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BOOK PRESENTATION - The Hedgers: How the Global South Navigates the Sino-American Competition


April 13, 2026 - 18:00

Zaki Laïdi, Senior Research Fellow, CEVIPOF-Sciences Po; Special Adviser to The HRVP High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Union

BOOK PRESENTATION - The Hedgers: How the Global South Navigates the Sino-American Competition

hosted by Professor Renaud Dehousse

Zaki Laïdi
Senior Research Fellow, CEVIPOF-Sciences Po; Special Adviser to The HRVP High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Union

Zaki Laïdi

Zaki Laïdi is a Senior Research Fellow at CEVIPOF-Sciences Po and holds a HDR (a French qualification authorising the holder to supervise academic research). He is Senior Adviser to the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security and Vice President of the Commission.

His recent publications include: The Hedgers. How the Global South Navigates Sino American Competition?, with Y. Tiberghien, Cambridge Elements, 2026.

His research focuses on the political dimension of globalization, transformations of the international system (structure, ideas) and more particularly the role of Europe within that system. He has been a visiting researcher at several universities: Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europ, Montreal, Geneva, College of Bruges, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Northwestern University, LUISS - Rome, and at the School of Governance and Economics in Rabat. He also founded the Telos review and is a columnist for Project Syndicate.

Zaki Laïdi

Zaki Laïdi is a Senior Research Fellow at CEVIPOF-Sciences Po and holds a HDR (a French qualification authorising the holder to supervise academic research). He is Senior Adviser to the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security and Vice President of the Commission.

Among his recent publications: The Hedgers. How the Global South Navigates Sino American Competition?, with Y. Tiberghien, Cambridge Elements, 2026.

His research focuses on the political dimension of globalization, transformations of the international system (structure, ideas) and more particularly the role of Europe within that system. He has been a visiting researcher at several universities: Johns Hopkins - Bologna, Montreal, Geneva, College of Bruges, Ann Arbor University, Northwestern University, LUISS - Rome, and at the School of Governance and Economics in Rabat. He also founded the Telos review and is a columnist for Project Syndicate.
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