Call for Proposal - Publication of Manuscript - China's Secret War on Europe

The India Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to partner in the development and authorship of a comprehensive, research-driven manuscript tentatively titled China’s Secret War on Europe. KAS India seeks to commission a rigorously researched, analytically rich, and policy-relevant volume that examines China’s evolving hybrid influence, covert operations and grey-zone activities affecting European security, particularly in the context of the ongoing War in Ukraine. In addition, the manuscript should draw comparative insights from India’s long-term experience with Chinese coercive, intelligence-linked, and grey-zone tactics. The proposed manuscript aims to provide: •Evidence-based analysis of China’s covert and dual-use activities affecting Europe. •A detailed examination of Chinese hybrid-warfare operations targeting European institutions, infrastructure and resilience using primary sources. •Comparative insights from India–China dynamics to contextualise and deepen the understanding of China’s modus operandi. •A technically informed, strategically grounded study accessible to both academic and practitioner audiences.