Research Leader and Director of the RAND Europe China Initiative
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Fiona Quimbre (she/her) is a research leader and director of the China Initiative at RAND Europe. Her research spans three areas: the links between China’s science and technology ecosystem and the military; research security policy; and China’s scientific, technological, and diffusion capabilities, particularly as they relate to gaining and maintaining strategic advantage.
Her research has been featured in The Guardian, The Times, Times Higher Education, among other outlets, and she has briefed the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and Defence Select Committee.
Before joining RAND, Quimbre worked at the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. She holds first-class degrees with an M.A. in China studies from Peking University and an M.A. in international relations from Sciences Po Bordeaux.
M.A. in international relations, Sciences Po Bordeaux; M.A. in China studies, Peking University; Dual B.Sc.Econ. in politics, Cardiff University & Sciences Po Bordeaux
