Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Geopolitics strategist EU-Asia Consultant
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  • The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
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Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa Geopolitics strategist ┃ EU-Asia Consultant

Sebastian is a geopolitics strategist specializing in EU-Asia relations. He advises public and private sector organizations on international affairs, with expertise spanning geopolitics, Sino-European relations, great power competition, critical raw materials, and climate policy. His research appears in outlets such as the South China Morning Post, China-US Focus, Asia Times, Routledge Politics (and LSE’s EUROPP).

With over two decades of experience in European law, politics, and institutions, Sebastian also held elected office in Spain. As a member of the People’s Party, he served on the national Justice Commission, joined the Prime Minister’s expert committee on youth competitiveness, contributed to party strategy and governance, sat on public company boards, led four national campaigns, supported more than six others, and co-drafted manifestos at constituency, national, and European levels.

He is completing a doctorate in international relations at the University of Hong Kong, where he also teaches European studies, and has delivered guest lectures at universities in Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, the U.K., and Central Asia. He holds a master’s degree in EU law and institutions from the College of Europe (Belgium) and another in commercial law, and speaks Spanish, English, French, and Italian.


Publications

Publications

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Can the European Union Lead, or Just React?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Moral Bankruptcy: The European Union’s Hollow Stand on Hong Kong

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Twelve Years a President? America’s Constitutional Countdown

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Rewired by China: How Nepal’s EV Surge Exposes India’s Decay

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Bibek Kandel

2025

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Bipolar World, Uninvited Europe

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Orbital Bipolarity post-Alaska: Two Anchors, Many Orbiters

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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The Trump Corollary: America First is America Everywhere

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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The “Cataclysmic Butterfly Effect”: Trump’s Realpolitik on Steroids Reshapes China’s Playbook

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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‘Europe Last’: How von der Leyen’s China policy traps the EU

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Could a Taiwan Conflict Start in Greenland?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Franz Jessen

2025

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Between China and America: Europe's Absence in the Battle for Tech Primacy

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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India Courts the World while Losing the Neighborhood

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Does Anybody Know What Europe Wants from China?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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The rise of ‘antidiplomacy’ in a powerless Europe

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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Europe’s Rare Earth Dream is Processed in China

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2025

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How Modi 3.0 could steer India-China relations

Sagina Walyat , Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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How Trump’s isolationist US will open doors for China

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Is China a threat to Europe? Nato’s China stance may rest on its answer

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Does Hungary still belong in the European Union?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , James F. Downes

2024

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Why Spain’s efforts to stop tariffs on Chinese EVs will fall short

Brian Y. S. Wong , Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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How greater EU autonomy can boost relations with China

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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War in Ukraine Year III Geopolitical Equations Resolved

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Who gains most from EU’s de-risking plan targeting China, Russia? The US of course

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Proposals for an Innovative EU Strategy on Chinese EVs

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Hardening US Trade Stance on China Complicates EU’s Balancing Act

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Alicia Garcia-Herrero

2024

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乌克兰战争第三年:解开地缘政治方程

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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欧盟如何应对中国电动车贸易与地缘政治?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2024

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Together, China and the EU can be better prepared for a Trump return

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , James F. Downes

2024

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The EU’s Journey into an Uncertain Future

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , James Downes F.

2023

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In focusing on China, Europe risks missing true ‘de-risking’ dangers

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Brian Y. S. Wong

2023

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Why China and the EU could emerge as stronger partners in 2024

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2023

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How Cyberfrontiers and Geopolitical Storms Are Shaping the Future of Digital Dominance

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2023

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Which way will China-EU relations go: more cooperation or increased confrontation?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2023

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Spain’s Electoral Gridlock and the Road Ahead

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , James F. Downes

2023

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Could Trump’s Intentions Ignite a Superpowers Clash over Earth’s Largest Island?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Franz Jessen

China-US Focus, 2025

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The Tectonic Asian Realignment: China and India amidst Trump 2.0

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Taihe Institute Observer, 2025, 53 (Feb 2025), pp.18-24

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EU's Kaleidoscope Crisis: Struggling for a Geopolitical Identity

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Taihe Institute Observer, 2025, 51 (Dec 2024), pp.12-19

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Where are you heading, European Union?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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EU’s Taiwan Stance: A Shift Towards Stronger China Ties?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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The Intense Subsidy Race Unfolding in 2024

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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NATO’s Strategic Dilemma: Balancing the “China Threat” amidst Potential US “NATexit”

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Taihe Institute Observer, 2024, 47 (Aug 2024), pp.17-23

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Decoding Europe’s Strategy Post-Election 2024: Implications for China

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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Sino-Italian Relations: A Test Case for the EU’s De-Risking Dilemma

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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China and Africa, Rekindling the Fates of Global Power

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez

China-US Focus, 2024

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The Philippines, Geopolitical Flashpoint of the Decade

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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Xi in Europe: A Narrative Defying Expectations

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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EU Climate Goals Clash with Geopolitical Realities amidst China’s Solar Dominance

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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Are the European Union’s Expectations of China Realistic?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Taihe Institute Observer, 2024, 45 (Jun 2024), pp.7-13

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Geopolitics over Climate: EU Approves Critical Raw Materials Act amid China Dependency Concerns

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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What does EU Commission President Von der Leyen’s Second Term Herald for Europe’s US-China Policy?

Brian Y. S. Wong , Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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War in Ukraine, Year III: Geopolitical Equations Resolved

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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Proposals for an Innovative EU Strategy at the Crossroads of Chinese EV Trade and Geopolitics

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2024

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EU Project to Counter BRI Completed First Year in Disappointment

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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The Yin and Yang of the China - EU Geopolitical Relationship

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Breaking Free from China’s Hold: U.S. - EU Deal on Critical Mineral

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Crafting an Autonomous EV Policy: Europe’s Path to Self-Sufficiency

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa , Brian Y. S. Wong

China-US Focus, 2023

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China’s Expanding Footprint within NATO’s Evolving Agenda

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Prioritizing Germany and France: China’s Strategic Focus in Europe

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Europe’s Pivot to Asia: The EU’s Odyssey to the Indo-Pacific

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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The Butterfly Effect: Has the Saudi-Iran Accord Reshuffled China’s Vision for Ukraine?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Could India Rise amid China’s Dependence and Hegemony?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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War in Ukraine, One Year On

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Unraveling the European Legal Labyrinth of Technology Weaponization in Cyberspace

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Lexology, 2023

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Knitting a Cohesive Geopolitical Vision of China: Weaving Insights from 27 European States

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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EU’s ‘Silk Road’ Falls Short of China’s BRI in Year Two

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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Europe’s Deliberative Journey to Crafting the Next China Policy

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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The Butterfly Effect: A Diplomatic Reshuffle?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China US Focus Digest, 2023, 36, pp.64-69

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Are You De-risking?

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

China-US Focus, 2023

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The Ukraine War: Debunking Putin’s Propaganda and the Realist Rationale

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

AsiaGlobal Online, 2022

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Seeking Strategic Sovereignty: The EU's Relationship With China and the Indo-Pacific

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

AsiaGlobal Online, 2021

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