ASEAN Sub-groupings and a shifting role for ASEAN April 10, 2019 0 Written by Mathew Davies. Any long-term watcher of Southeast Asia knows that they have to be prepared to master a number of acronyms and opaque…
ASEAN Southeast Asia’s competitive sub-regionalism: Overlap and superfluity? April 8, 2019 0 Written by Jürgen Rüland. Southeast Asia is undeniably a success story of regionalism in the Global South. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was…
BRI Geographical imaginations of the Belt and Road Initiative January 31, 2019 0 Sarah Hall The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is best known for its implications for large infrastructure projects. However, its geopolitical and geo-economic importance reaches…
BRI Political sensitivities surround the BRI in Indonesia January 30, 2019 0 Jacqueline Hicks Sitting on an ancient maritime trade route between East and West, Indonesia is well-placed for China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But…
BRI Prospects for EU-China security cooperation in the age of the Belt and Road Initiative January 29, 2019 0 Benjamin Barton Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has rapidly emerged as a landmark state-backed endeavour of international significance and…
BRI China’s BRI in Pakistan – a poster child for success? January 29, 2019 0 Filippo Boni and Katharine Adeney By making the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) the poster child of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has invested…
Asia-Pacific Can China exert ‘smart power’ in Southeast Asia through the BRI? January 28, 2019 0 Chun-Yi Lee The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was initiated by President Xi Jinping in 2013, took further shape in March 2015. It is…
BRI Interdisciplinary Approaches to the BRI January 28, 2019 0 The University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute is proud to present a series of research based articles written by academic experts based on all three…
