
Ilaria Mazzocco is a senior fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, she was a senior research associate at the Paulson Institute, where she led research on Chinese climate and energy policy for Macropolo, the institute's think tank. She holds a PhD from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where her dissertation investigated Chinese industrial policy by focusing on electric vehicle promotion efforts and the role of local governments. She also holds master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins SAIS and Central European University, as well as a bachelor's degree from Bard College.
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Voici comment la Chine veut dominer le marché des voitures électriques
Ilaria Mazzocco in Capital — March 28, 2023
対中データ規制、TikTokだけでは不十分 米専門家
Ilaria Mazzocco in Nikkei — March 27, 2023
Le due potenze non vanno più d’accordo su nulla clima, pandemie, protezionismo: il dialogo è al palo
Ilaria Mazzocco in La Stampa — March 8, 2023
The Electric: How States And Companies Are Frustrating Efforts to Create a China-Free U.S. Battery Industry
Ilaria Mazzocco in The Information — March 6, 2023
Tesla Tom
Ilaria Mazzocco in The Wire China — February 26, 2023
How did China come to dominate the world of electric cars?
Ilaria Mazzocco in MIT Technology Review — February 21, 2023
Wer kontrolliert die Energiequelle der Zukunft?
Ilaria Mazzocco in Süddeutsche Zeitung — February 20, 2023
The US' Domestic China Challenge
Ilaria Mazzocco in Energy Intelligence — February 16, 2023
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Onshoring and Friend-Shoring in U.S. EV Supply Chains: What Are the Boundaries?
Critical Questions by Joseph Majkut , Ilaria Mazzocco , and Jane Nakano — April 5, 2023
The Completed Construction of the Xi Jinping System of Governance
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy , Claire Reade , Paul Triolo , Jeannette Chu , John L. Holden , and Ilaria Mazzocco — March 15, 2023
Book Event: Cooperating for the Climate with Joanna Lewis
Event by Ilaria Mazzocco , Joanna I. Lewis , Fan Dai , David Vance Wagner , and Erica Thomas — March 14, 2023
Press Briefing: Previewing China’s 14th National People's Congress
Event by Jude Blanchette , Scott Kennedy , and Ilaria Mazzocco — March 1, 2023
China Holds the Key to Global Energy Demand
Commentary by Ben Cahill , Ilaria Mazzocco , and Chen Huang — February 8, 2023
"How Private Are Chinese Companies?": A Big Data China Event
Event by Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Scott Rozelle , Barry Naughton , Curtis J. Milhaupt , Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin , and Martin Chorzempa — February 7, 2023
Can Chinese Firms Be Truly Private?
Commentary by Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco — February 7, 2023
Governance by Data: How China’s Party-State Keeps Its Pulse on the People
Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco — December 21, 2022
China at Home and Abroad: Opportunities and Fears
Event by and Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Daniel H. Rosen , John L. Holden , Loren Brandt , Mary Lovely , Wenhong Chen , Yanzhong Huang , Winnie Yip , Jan Berris , Elizabeth Economy — December 13, 2022
Have U.S.-China Tensions Hurt American Innovation: A Big Data China Event
Event by Ilaria Mazzocco , Deborah Seligsohn , Scott Rozelle , Molly Roberts , Ruixue Jia , Abigail Coplin , and James Mulvenon — December 9, 2022