China The Russian Far East and Heilongjiang in China’s Silk Road Economic Belt April 25, 2016 0 Written by Gaye Christoffersen. China’s new Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) is Beijing’s latest vision on how to reorder China’s relations on its periphery. This vision…
Culture and Society Cracks in China’s New Silk Road March 15, 2016 0 Written by Michael Clarke. Francis Fukuyama recently argued that President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) strategy ‘represents a striking departure in Chinese policy’…
China-Middle East What Xi’s Visit to Tehran Says About Beijing’s Middle East Agenda—and China’s Grand Strategy February 17, 2016 1 Written By Flynt Leverett. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia last month largely succeeded at realizing its designers’ most immediate…