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Hao Nan
Hao Nan is a Susan Strange Associate Fellow with the Helsinki Geoeconomics Society, and a Nuclear Futures Fellow with Ploughshares Fund & Horizon 2045. He previously served in East Asian intergovernmental institutions, including the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (for China, Japan and South Korea) in Seoul and the Asean-China Centre in Beijing. His work focuses on economic security, nuclear security and East Asia–Middle East strategic dynamics.
Hao Nan is a Susan Strange Associate Fellow with the Helsinki Geoeconomics Society, and a Nuclear Futures Fellow with Ploughshares Fund & Horizon 2045. He previously served in East Asian intergovernmental institutions, including the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (for China, Japan and South Korea) in Seoul and the Asean-China Centre in Beijing. His work focuses on economic security, nuclear security and East Asia–Middle East strategic dynamics.
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