Germany's Research Practices Must Evolve Amidst Growing Chinese Threat, Says Minister

Germany's research minister, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called for the country to align its academic practices with its security interests in response to tensions with China. She emphasized the need to protect critical know-how from reaching China and prevent the country from using civilian research for military purposes. Stark-Watzinger suggested raising awareness at universities and research institutes and reconsidering the strict separation of civilian and military research, citing the examples of the United States and Israel. Germany recently released its China strategy, aiming to reduce dependencies on the country as it becomes more assertive in the international order.