Marc Lanteigne is a Senior Researcher (East Asia) at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo. His research interests include China and East Asia foreign policy, China’s engagement and cooperation with regional and international organisations, East Asia-Arctic diplomacy, Sino-European relations, and non-traditional security in Asia. He is the author of China and International Institutions: Alternate Paths to Global Power (Routledge, 2005) and Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction (third edition, Routledge, 2015) and the co-editor of The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century: Adaptation and the Reinvention of Legitimacy and China’s Evolving Approach to Peacekeeping, as well as numerous chapters and articles on Chinese politics and international relations.