Dr. Mario Esteban Rodriguez is Full Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he is the Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies. He is also Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations (UAM) and a MSc in Asian Politics (SOAS).
He was the President of the Spanish Association for East Asian Studies (2020-24) and has served as external expert for the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence of Spain. He has also been visiting professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and visiting researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Chengchi National University in Taipei. He has published several books and numerous articles in academic journals, such as Journal of Contemporary China, China Quarterly, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, The Chinese Political Science Review, African and Asian Studies, and The European Journal of East Asian Studies. His more recent books are Introducción a la China actual (with Rafael Martín, Alianza Editorial, 2024) and China and International Norms: Evidence from the Belt and Road Initiative (with Yue Lin, eds., Routledge, 2023).