Authors

Niklas Hintermayer
Niklas Hintermayer is Program Coordinator of the “Science, Technology and Innovation” and “Foreign Relations” teams at MERICS. Prior to that, Niklas worked as a research manager at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP e.V.), coordinating, among others, China-related projects. He studied law in Vienna and worked in journalism (Forbes) for a couple of years. Niklas holds a master’s degree in European studies and studied in Bologna and Leiden, focusing on German and European security and defense policy as well as Europe in the world.