Athena Tong previously served as Director of Public Relations for the now disbanded pro-democracy Demosistō party in Hong Kong.

Now based in Japan as a visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, Athena focuses on infrastructure resilience, political warfare, and economic security, with an emphasis on communist China’s influence in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

Her writing has been published by the Jamestown Foundation, Nikkei Asia, and the China Strategic Risks Institute.

Athena on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/athena-kerin-tong/