Owen Au

Owen Au is the Founder of the Strategic China Policy Group and a Research Associate at the China Strategic Risks Institute. His research focuses on China’s maritime strategy and foreign relations, as well as political transformation and securitisation in Hong Kong. His analysis is published in policy journals and think tanks in Europe and the United States, including The Diplomat, The Jamestown Foundation, the Council on Geostrategy, China Strategic Risks Institute, and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Publications

Research
Authoritarian Innovation
Authoritarian Innovation

Report

Beijing is building political control into generative AI systems through an increasingly comprehensive governance mechanism, which enables information control to operate at the technical layer even without deliberate information operations.

Why Europe Needs a New China Lens
Why Europe Needs a New China Lens

Founding Essay

As one of the most consequential strategic actors of our time, China poses increasingly complex challenges across multiple fronts. Europe must develop its own strategic understanding of China.

PLA Insights from Ukraine’s Asymmetric USV Operations
PLA Insights from Ukraine’s Asymmetric USV Operations

External Publication

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) closely studies the Russia–Ukraine conflict, viewing Ukraine’s innovative use of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) as a transformative model for future naval warfare and asymmetric operations.