Jonas Parello-Plesner

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

At A Glance:

Jonas Parello-Plesner was a nonresident senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute. He is an expert on US, European and Chinese foreign policy. 

Biography

Jonas Parello-Plesner was a nonresident senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute. He is also executive director at the Alliance of Democracies in Copenhagen with former NATO Secretary General and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Jonas has significant experience in the Danish Foreign Service including on US, European and Chinese strategic thinking and served in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs while studying at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris.

Mr. Parello-Plesner has also worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) as a senior policy fellow with a focus on European-Chinese relations. He served as the Danish Foreign Ministry’s senior advisor on china and northeast Asia from 2005-2009. His co-authored book, China’s Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad, was published in 2015 by IISS/Routledge and launched at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. At 91ÆÞÓÑ, he published a comprehensive report which conducted broad-based tracking of Chinese Communist Party interference and influence in the US. Mr. Parello-Plesner has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Newsweek, the American Interest and writes an international column for Danish daily Berlingske.

Events
11
October 2024
Past Event
Why Taiwan Matters to the US and the World
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Jonas Parello-Plesner
A Taiwanese flag in Kaohsiung on January 10, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
11
October 2024
Past Event
Why Taiwan Matters to the US and the World

Director of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation Jonas Parello-Plesner will join Patrick Cronin to discuss Taiwan’s importance to the US and the world. 

A Taiwanese flag in Kaohsiung on January 10, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Jonas Parello-Plesner
02
May 2019
Past Event
Post-ISIS Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria and Iraq
Featured Speakers:
Denise Natali
Linda Robinson
Loay Mikhael
Elizabeth Dent
Frances Z. Brown
Jonas Parello-Plesner
A Syrian man and a child ride a motorcycle in the Islamic State (IS) group's former Syrian capital of Raqa in northern Syria.
02
May 2019
Past Event
Post-ISIS Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria and Iraq

Experts discuss Iraq and Syria

A Syrian man and a child ride a motorcycle in the Islamic State (IS) group's former Syrian capital of Raqa in northern Syria.
Featured Speakers:
Denise Natali
Linda Robinson
Loay Mikhael
Elizabeth Dent
Frances Z. Brown
Jonas Parello-Plesner
01
March 2019
Past Event
Victory Over the Islamic State and U.S. Withdrawal From Syria
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Jomana Qaddour
Bassam Ishak
Jonas Parello-Plesner
01
March 2019
Past Event
Victory Over the Islamic State and U.S. Withdrawal From Syria

Experts discuss the U.S. drawdown in Syria

Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Jomana Qaddour
Bassam Ishak
Jonas Parello-Plesner
26
October 2018
Past Event
Next Steps for U.S. Strategy in Syria
Featured Speakers:
Mariam Jalabi
Michael Doran
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Jomana Qaddour
Vehicles belonging to US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, May 8, 2018 (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
26
October 2018
Past Event
Next Steps for U.S. Strategy in Syria

Experts discuss U.S. Syria strategy

Vehicles belonging to US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, May 8, 2018 (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mariam Jalabi
Michael Doran
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Jomana Qaddour
President Trump, pictured in trade talks on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires with Chinese President Xi Jinping (far left), this week dangled the possibility that an arrested Huawei executive could become a bargaining chip. PHOTO: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
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President Trump, pictured in trade talks on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires with Chinese President Xi Jinping (far left), this week dangled the possibility that an arrested Huawei executive could become a bargaining chip. PHOTO: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation
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