Sam Olsen
Sam has published papers on numerous subjects, including the geopolitics of China, Chinese influence in Southeast Asia, Space, and macro supply chain risk.
He has worked on articles and papers with researchers from a number of different academic institutions, including The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, The Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge, Johns Hopkins University, The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and King's College London.
(Note that due to the sensitive nature of much of the research, this is only a selection.)
On China & The Emerging World Order
The Geopolitics of China. By Sam Olsen and William Matthews. In The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics, pp 1–23, 2024
IPAC China Lexicon. (Contributor). Inter Parliamentary Alliance on China, 2024
On AI & Geopolitics
On Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia’s Emerging Geopolitical Order: China’s Structural Influence and the Evolving Regional Balance of Power. By Sam Olsen and William Matthews. Evenstar Institute/Adarga Research Institute, 2023
On Macro Supply Chain Risk
US Critical Mineral Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Report. By Sam Olsen, William Matthews, and Francesca Ghiretti. Adarga Research Institute, 2024
An Overlooked Risk: China’s Indirect Influence Over the United Kingdom’s National Security Supply Chain. By Sam Olsen and William Matthews. Evenstar Institute, 2022
On Space
Middle Spacepowers’ Integration with the Global Supply Chain for the Space Industry: Taiwan and Thailand. By KC Lin, Sam Olsen, and William Matthews. Business and Politics, pp. 1 – 27, 2024