Elif Dördüncü AydemirPresident
Areas of expertise
- Political Strategy
- Political Risk Assessment
- Campaign Management
- Team and Network Management in Politics
Education
- PhD, Political Science, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Master, Political Sociology, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Master, International Relations-Strategy, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
- BA, Political Science and Public Administration,Marmara University
Elif Dördüncü Aydemir is an advisory board member of The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. While working and setting winning strategies for over 180 campaigns around the world, she gives importance to academic presence in political science. She loves to work with students to convey her experience and knowledge to younger generations. She continues to work as a lecturer and gives seminars in prestigious universities around the world.
After graduating from Marmara University, Political Science and Public Administration Department, she continued her studies in Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Elif Dördüncü Aydemir is an active member of IAPC (International Association of Political Consultants), EAPC (European Association of Political Consultants) and ISPP (International Society of Political Psychology).
She has completed her Master Degrees in International Relations-Strategy and also in Political Sociology from Sorbonne Paris I University where she continued to her PhD studies examining the political discourse of Turkish and Greek nationalisms. She is fluent and provides consultancy in English, French, Spanish and Turkish.
Latest Analyses & Insights on Elif's expertise
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Japan Inc. puts geopolitics first, profits second as it plans for 2026
Japanese boardrooms are heading into 2026 with geopolitics, not economics, at the top of their worry list. A new survey shows that the single biggest concern for Japanese companies is the sharp deterioration in relations with China, followed closely by uncertainty over U.S. trade policy. That ordering is striking in itself: for corporate Japan, the two countries that matter most commercially are also now seen as the main sources of strategic risk.
Relations with Beijing have been sliding since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a Japanese military response. That statement effectively made explicit what had previously been left deliberately vague, and it has fed into a series of tense incidents at sea and in the air. The latest flashpoint came when Tokyo accused Chinese fighter jets of locking radar onto Japanese military aircraft, an allegation Beijing disputes.
December 12, 2025 -
EU is preparing for a trade war with China over its industrial core
Europe and China are sliding into an overt trade confrontation, and this time the flashpoint is not cheap toys or textiles but the core of Europe’s industrial base.
A record Chinese surplus with the EU approaching $300 billion in 2025, combined with a four-to-one container imbalance and an increasingly undervalued renminbi, has pushed leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen to declare that relations with Beijing have reached an “inflection point” and that what is now at stake is nothing less than the survival of European industry.
December 12, 2025 -
ASEAN has turned the second China shock into a strategic opening
Southeast Asia is turning what many feared would be a second “China shock” into a strategic opening. Instead of being crushed between U.S. tariffs on China and a flood of Chinese exports looking for new markets, the ASEAN region is quietly stepping into the space China is losing in the U.S. and using the moment to reposition itself at the center of a more fragmented global trading system.
Exports from ASEAN to the United States jumped by about 23% year-on-year in September, with Thailand and Vietnam leading the charge. In parallel, China’s share of U.S. imports has continued to erode under the weight of punitive tariffs. The arithmetic behind the shift is straightforward: the effective U.S. tariff rate on Chinese goods has climbed to roughly 31%, while for many ASEAN economies it is nearer 11%.
December 11, 2025