Agathe Demarais

Agathe Demarais is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a senior policy fellow on geoeconomics at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests.

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BMW i3 electric cars are seen on the assembly line at a BMW plant
BMW i3 electric cars are seen on the assembly line at a BMW plant

Why Europe Will Struggle to ‘De-Risk’ From China
Analysis
Agathe Demarais
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a microchip before signing an executive order on securing critical supply chains, at the White House in Washington on Feb. 24, 2021.
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a microchip before signing an executive order on securing critical supply chains, at the White House in Washington on Feb. 24, 2021.

What Does ‘De-Risking’ Actually Mean?
Analysis
Agathe Demarais
Workers stand beside bags of cobalt and copper at a processing plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Dec. 1, 2011.
Workers stand beside bags of cobalt and copper at a processing plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Dec. 1, 2011.

China’s Threat to Ban Critical Minerals Exports Is a Bluff
Analysis
Agathe Demarais
A line of Liberian children, dressed in matching uniforms of yellow shirts and navy blue shorts, hold Chinese flags as they lean over to see farther up the road.
A line of Liberian children, dressed in matching uniforms of yellow shirts and navy blue shorts, hold Chinese flags as they lean over to see farther up the road.

Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West
Argument
Agathe Demarais
A container ship is seen in the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 5, 2022.
A container ship is seen in the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 5, 2022.

No, Russia Is Not Massively Skirting Sanctions
Analysis
Agathe Demarais
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