Ana Krstinovska

Ana Krstinovska is a sinologist, China scholar and specialist in EU affairs, focusing on China’s foreign policy and its relations with Europe, particularly the Western Balkans. She is the President of ESTIMA, a think tank based in North Macedonia, a research fellow at ELIAMEP, the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy in Athens, and a research fellow at CHOICE, China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe. Between 2013 and 2018, she held positions in the Government of North Macedonia, working as advisor to the Prime Minister, first secretary in the country’s Permanent Mission in Brussels and state secretary for European Affairs. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, a Master of Arts in European Political Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges and a specialisation in Chinese Language and Culture from the Beijing Foreign Studies University.