Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
Africa Competitive cooperation: The connection between Chinese and Russian initiatives in Africa and beyond June 26, 2019 0 Written by Tom Harper. Image Credit: 20140108-DSC_7791 by Jbdodane/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Recent moves by Russia in a number of African states, under the guidance of Yevgeny…
Belt and Road Initiative Chinese Northeast-Russian Far East Regional Cooperation: Old and New Programmes June 19, 2019 0 Written by Gaye Christoffersen. Image Credit: zaibaikalsk by bobrayner/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. In 2018 the Programme of Cooperation between the Northeast of the People’s Republic of…
Belt and Road Initiative Are Russia and China revisionist states? June 11, 2019 0 Written by Jeanne L. Wilson. Image Credit: P5 Press Conference at the United Nations by United States Mission Geneva/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. In the past…
Asia The value of soft power in foreign policy February 18, 2019 1 Written by Sabena Siddiqui. Underestimating the value of ‘soft power’ is the worst mistake any nation can make in this age of constant communication and…
Belt and Road Initiative The Invention of the Silk Road – how to legitimise the BRI with a historical myth February 1, 2019 1 Christian Mueller In September 2013, the announcement of a new “Silk Road” programme for infrastructure development by the President of the People’s Republic of China,…
Asian Century Viewing Chinese foreign policy through the lens of the Chinese classics January 28, 2019 0 Christian Mueller When the leading powers of the world assembled in The Hague in May 1899 to discuss mechanisms for avoiding war by means of…
Asian Century Chinese and American dreaming: The Road or The Wall? January 16, 2019 2 Written by Michael A. Peters. Richard Rorty, the American pragmatist, suggested that Walt Whitman and John Dewey provided a narrative re-crafting of the American Dream…
Belt and Road Initiative China and Japan – an unlikely climate partnership? December 13, 2018 0 By Chris G. Pope. On 7 October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report which focused on the devastating impacts of a…
Asia Is China’s BRI idea beginning to catch the world’s attention? November 15, 2018 0 By Sabena Siddiqui. Representing 25 per cent of the global population and generating one third of the world’s GDP, relations between China and the European Union…
