Dr Daniel Balazs is a Research Fellow in the China Programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from NTU. His current research interests include international security, Chinese foreign policy, China-Russia relations, China-Central Asia relations; China and the Global South; China and multilateral organizations, such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; China-India relations, especially the China-India border dispute; the Belt and Road Initiative; and China-EU relations. He has also contributed to a book chapter on China’s Belt and Road Initiative. He has contributed various Op-Ed articles that appeared on outlets such as The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, Foreign Policy, among others.

• International security
• Chinese foreign policy
• China-Russia relations
• China-Central Asia relations
• China and the Global South
• China and multilateral organizations, such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• China-India relations, especially the China-India border dispute
• Belt and Road Initiative
• China-EU relations

RSIS Commentary Series

• China and Russia in the Arctic: From a Bumpy Ride to Deeper Engagement

  06 February, 2026

• A China-India Thaw is Underway, but Flashpoints Haven’t Gone Away

  04 September, 2025

• China-Russia Dual-Use Cooperation Stays Resilient Amid Sanctions

  25 August, 2025

• EU-China Ties Will Shape Strategic Room for Southeast Asia

  25 July, 2025

IDSS Papers

• IP25091 | China-Russia Dual-Use Technology Cooperation: Geopolitical Bifurcation in the Age of Emerging Technologies

  18 September, 2025

Journal Articles

• “Where India and China Meet: Competing Regional Statecraft in Southeast Asia” (with Xue Gong) in Political Science Quarterly, 2025. pp. 1-27.
• “Emerging Soft Turn in China’s Energy Security Cooperation with Southeast Asia” (with Xue Gong) in China Review, Vol 21, No. 4, 2021. pp. 109-140
• “China’s India Policy in the 1950s: From Friendship to Antagonism” in Strategic Analysis, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2020, pp. 542-552
• “China’s India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World, by Bertil Lintner” in Journal of Defence Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1-2, 2020, pp. 137–141

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Modern Silk Road Imaginaries and The Silk Road” in Maximilian Mayer, Rethinking the Silk-Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Emerging Eurasian Relations. London: Springer Nature Link, 2017, pp. 205-226

Op-Eds

• “China and Russia in the Arctic: From a bumpy ride to deeper engagement”, China Dialogues, 4 February 2026. Republished in RSIS Commentary Series
• “Commentary: A China-India thaw is underway, but flashpoints haven’t gone away”, CNA, 3 September 2025. Republished in RSIS Commentary Series
• “Commentary: EU-China ties will shape strategic room for Southeast Asia”, CNA, 25 July 2025. Republished in RSIS Commentary Series
• “Partners in Deterrence: China and Russia’s Deepening Military-Technical Ties”, The Diplomat, 11 July 2025
• “The Duality in China’s Security Relations With Russia”, The Diplomat, 9 May 2025
• “Cautious Progress in China-India Relations in the First Quarter of 2025”, China Global South Project, 10 April 2025
• “The China Factor in India’s Supercharged Battery Ambitions” (with Hu Xinyue), China-India Brief, 31 March 2025
• “China vs India: Evolving Security Footprints in Central Asia”, The Diplomat, 5 February 2025
• “What To Expect From China-India Relations in 2025”, China Global South Project, 14 January 2025
• “China vs India: Economic Outreach to Central Asia”, The Diplomat, 3 January 2025
• “The Sino-Indian Border Deal And Eurasia’s Emerging Strategic Landscape”, Eurasia Review, 13 December 2024
• “China–India pact a borderline solution”, East Asia Forum, 29 November 2024
• “Why the EU and China will not form a united front against Trump 2.0”, Modern Diplomacy, 25 November 2024
• “EU-China tit-for-tat tariffs aren’t really a trade war”, Asia Times, 7 November 2024
• “The ‘’New Normal’ of Sino-Indian Economic Relations after Galwan”, China-India Brief #248, 31 October 2024
• “The overlooked triangle: China, India, and the EU” (with Xue Gong), China-India Brief #188, 14 September 2021
• “Sino-Indian border spat: do not poke the distressed dragon”, China-India Brief #166, 8 September 2020
• “What should EU do when China and India lock horns?”, Euobserver, 25 August 2020
• “Archival Research in China: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way”, War on the Rocks, 27 January 2020
• “匈牙利视野中的中国“一带一路”, 同济大学出版社，2017年版, 第26-55页, 31 December 2017
• “Setback in Sri Lanka for China’s silk road”, East Asia Forum, 24 May 2017
• “Is China on the Road to International Isolation?”, The Diplomat, 21 January 2017
• “President Xi’s Silk Road Conundrum” (with Patrick Mendis), China-US Focus, 24 October 2016
• “Why China Isn’t Too Worried by Expanding US-India Ties” (with Walter Andersen), The Diplomat, 17 June 2016
• “The Maldives Takes its Place in Indian Ocean Geopolitics”, Foreign Policy, 8 June 2016
• “Sri Lanka’s delicate balancing act” (with Patrick Mendis), East Asia Forum, 2 May 2016
• “When the TPP and the One Belt, One Road meet” (with Patrick Mendis), East Asia Forum, 26 April 2016
• “印度对’一带一路’的回应：如何从态度冷漠到寻求合作？” (with 杨烨), 一带一路研究报2016 年第 2 期，总第 4 期, 20 February 2016
• “Colombo Consensus 2.0” (with Patrick Mendis), Foreign Policy, 1 October 2015
• “Monsoons on the New Silk Road”, Foreign Policy, 23 June 2015