Navigating Engagement with China in Trade, Research, and Beyond
with Dr. Glenn Tiffert
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
and Dr. Daniel Sprick
Research Associate and Lecturer,
Chair of Chinese Legal Culture, University of Cologne
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.
International House | Kringsweg 6 | 50931 Cologne
Engagement with China increasingly takes place at the subnational level, where universities, local governments, and economic actors shape partnerships in research, trade, and supply chains. At the same time, these stakeholders are often on the front lines of navigating the political and security dimensions of cooperation with the People’s Republic of China. In this keynote, Dr. Glenn Tiffert, a leading expert on Chinese politics and influence operations, will examine how subnational actors can better understand and manage the opportunities and risks associated with engagement with China. Drawing on his research on the Chinese Communist Party’s global strategies, Dr. Tiffert will discuss how issues such as research security, political influence, and supply chain dependencies intersect and what this means for institutions across Germany.
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Dr. Glenn Tiffert is a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs Hoover’s Program on the U.S., China, and the World and directs Stanford's participation in the $67 million SECURE program authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act to bolster the security of the U.S. research enterprise. His work focuses on the integrity of knowledge ecosystems, science and technology policy, and the domestic and international affairs of the People’s Republic of China. He has authored and contributed to numerous Hoover publications, including Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security (2023). Tiffert holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Daniel Sprick is a Research Associate at the Chair of Chinese Legal Culture at the University of Cologne, where he teaches a variety of courses on Chinese legal history and Chinese economic and commercial law. He was awarded the Hanenburg-Yntema Prize for the best European thesis on Chinese law in 2008. He received his Ph.D. from the East Asian Institute at UoC on the limits of self-defense in Chinese criminal law. His research has focused on Chinese criminal law, competition law, law and society as well as law and technology in China.
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This event is hosted jointly by the AmerikaHaus NRW, Cologne International Forum at the University of Cologne, and the U.S. Consulate General Düsseldorf.
