china
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Mapping the Belt and Road Initiative: Geography and Architecture
September 6, 2018 4:26 pmThe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a large-scale international cooperation project which was announced by the Chinese government in 2013. This grand project...
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Strategic Competition for Bases in Djibouti
August 16, 2018 4:14 pmThe small country of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa made the headlines in May 2018 due to claims that soldiers on the new...
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A Review of China-UAE Relations in the Context of Xi Jinping’s Visit to the UAE
July 24, 2018 2:19 pmStarting on July 19, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This was the first visit of...
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The China Model and the New World Order
December 27, 2017 11:46 amAs a contrast to Brexit, the election of Trump and the rise of anti-globalization populism and protectionism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the 19th...
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Russia, China & US Geopolitics: Cooperation & Competition
April 12, 2017 1:03 pmInternationally, geostrategic shifts are occurring that Russia, the US and China are forging, contesting and benefiting from – almost all at once. This triad,...
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Local difficulties? – The G20 confronts de-globalisation
September 20, 2016 2:09 pmEarlier this month the world’s leading politicians and their entourages descended on the eastern Chinese of city of Hangzhou for the G20 Summit. Looming...
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Chinese Foreign Policy and Domestic Factors
August 24, 2016 4:25 pmChinese foreign policy under the presidency of Xi Jinping has been increasingly controversial, confident and engaged in both the regional and global trends in...
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The Global Financial Stability Review
June 28, 2016 12:06 pmOverview The outlook for the global economy has deteriorated causing an increase in financial market volatility this year. More uncertain global growth prospects and...
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The AIIB: A multilateral development bank with Chinese characteristics?
July 8, 2015 1:49 pmOn 29 June, the plenipotentiaries of 57 states attended a signing ceremony in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for the inauguration of the...
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Signing up not routing round: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the global economic order
April 28, 2015 3:09 pmNormally the investiture of a new regional economic organisation barely raises a murmur. That the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a Chinese sponsored...
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The U.S. – China Climate Deal and Global Warming
November 17, 2014 11:42 amThe pledge by the two largest polluters to reduce and limit their greenhouse gas emission, particularly carbon dioxide by 2030 was...
