Opinion | China
Published on: 19. August 2025

Informed sovereignty: Guard rails for research security in cooperation with China

If you want to ensure excellence, you have to enable cooperation - and learn to manage the risks soberly, writes political scientist Stefan Messingschlager on dealing with China. (Messingschlager)

How open to cooperation, how strict on red lines? The Max Planck Society (MPG) and Germany’s scientific community are searching for a middle course in dealing with China. Political scientist Stefan Messingschlager argues that "informed sovereignty" should become the guiding principle.

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Last updated: 20. August 2025

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