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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Dear CHERN affiliates,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">This year we are again organising a section at the EISA Pan-European Conference in Bologna, to be held in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026. The section is called “: Contested Elite
Strategies in a Fracturing World Order” and might be of interest to some of you:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://eisa-net.org/pec-2026/" title="https://eisa-net.org/pec-2026/" data-outlook-id="b8dfdc73-8e75-4c3e-88f0-76d3a9d9b57c" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://eisa-net.org/pec-2026/</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">(we are section 26 of the programme). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The aim of our section is to investigate how inter- and intra-state tensions, social forces, and corporate rivalries have driven the resurgence of geoeconomic competition.
We are particularly interested in perspectives and analyses that highlight the role and competing strategies of political and economic elites, i.e. the conflicts, contestations, and alliances through which they navigate these uncertainties and shape the direction
of the global political economy. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We hope to see some of you in Lisbon next summer!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Nana de Graaff, Jasa, Veselinovic, Imogen Liu, and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Prof. Nana de Graaff</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Professor of Global Politics and Networks,
<b>VU Amsterdam</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/na-de-graaff" data-outlook-id="86c75d01-d443-45f3-8dfd-9b6a389da0f3" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/na-de-graaff</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">| Principal Investigator <b>ReGlobe</b>:
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="https://www.re-globe.eu" data-outlook-id="a9d34f37-9f54-4cd7-9553-e4dfb1811a6f" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.re-globe.eu</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">|Chair
<b>China in Europe Research Network (CHERN</b>): </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="https://china-in-europe.net/" data-outlook-id="f50df618-4579-4627-9b1d-2b5f68d03a16" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://china-in-europe.net</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"> |Co-editor
<b>RIPE</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="https://www.routledge.com/RIPE-Series-in-Global-Political-Economy/book-series/RIPE?srsltid=AfmBOoplxtNs7wuq-BWFQF3bhILt9Q9aFvhrRgpHo2RxeiBGpngRnWw4" data-outlook-id="5f827e52-985c-4a20-a167-0c8d98a626e5" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Series
in Global Political Economy</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">, Routledge</span></p>
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