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Kalantzakos is Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her most recent books include "China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths" and "The E.U., U.S., and China Tackling Climate Change: Polices and Alliances for the Anthropocene." Her interdisciplinary research focuses on environmental governance, public policy and geopolitics, especially resource competition and climate change as threats that are reshaping power politics across the globe. She heads eARThumanities, the environmental humanities research initiative at NYU Abu Dhabi.
During her time as a Fung Fellow, Kalantzakos will examine how China’s rise, its vision for the Belt and Road Initiative, shifting power relations, and the land and maritime “re unification” of Eurasia and Africa have begun to reshape global institutions, norms, and governance structures, provoking a renewed intellectual debate over global relations and exchanges.