Zoltai, Alexandra is a China researcher at Eurasia Center, John von Neumann University, Hungary, and the vice-president of Hungarian-Chinese Friendship Association (匈中友好协会). She began her Ph.D. studies in autumn 2018 at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Pécs, on the topic „China’s 21st century maritime ambitions: strategic goals on the New Maritime Roads from the perspective of geopolitical and security policy”. Her major fields of research are China’s geopolitical issues, foreign policy, China’s international role, 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, China in the Arctic.