Katja Koort
Expert at the Estonian Institute of Human Rights, Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate at Tallinn University in Estonia
She graduated from the Estonian Institute of Humanities, with a BA and a MA degree in East-Asian Studies with a focus on China. The subjects of her current research include Chinese soft power (particularly the case of the Confucius Institutes) and cross-strait relations. As a cultural theorist and ethnic Russian, she has published articles in the local and foreign media and taken part in debates on the Russian-speaking community in Estonia, discussing among others the influence of Kremlin’s propaganda and the questions of national identity and citizenship of the Russian-Estonians.