Chee Meng Tan

Chee Meng Tan is a geoeconomist and Assistant Professor of Business Economics at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. His research examines how states weaponise financial architecture, energy chokepoints, sanctions, export controls, and critical minerals as instruments of strategic power with a particular focus on China's vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific.

He writes regularly on China's economic statecraft and foreign policy, including Beijing's use of soft power tools such as panda diplomacy, green technology leadership, and the Belt and Road Initiative to advance its national interests. His work has recently expanded into the financial dimensions of maritime security, examining how Western-dominated insurance and reinsurance markets function as overlooked chokepoints in any Taiwan or energy crisis contingency.

A frequent commentator on Malaysia's national news agency Bernama, his analysis has appeared in the BBC, CNN, NBC News, NHK, the Washington Post, and major European outlets including Dagens Industri, Weekendavisen, and Jyllands-Posten.

He holds a doctorate in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School in Paris and a doctorate in Economics from the University of Cergy-Pontoise.