Central Asia is at the core of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which promises to bring connectivity, trade, […]
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Central Asia is at the core of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which promises to bring connectivity, trade, […]
Read moreAfter the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has learnt that narratives on a potent “China-Russia alliance” can be weaponised to influence the […]
Read moreThe United States under President Joe Biden is strengthening efforts to constrain China in the Indo-Pacific region. At least for […]
Read moreChinese media are the voice of the Chinese Communist Party at home and abroad. It is no surprise therefore that […]
Read more‘Rock and its accompanying subcultures, which voiced the rebellious attitudes of young people against the communist political establishments in the […]
Read moreChinese external and internal politics have manifested increased ideologization in recent years, presumably laying the groundwork for the Communist Party’s […]
Read moreThe US–China rivalry is not just a battle between democracies and autocracies, in such a complex context the EU should […]
Read moreWhat are the elements and the impact of the inclusion of scientific cooperation within the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
Read moreSince the conclusion of the Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001, the balance of power between China and […]
Read moreChina’s role as a global investor and financier has grown rapidly in recent decades, including in Europe. From German robot […]
Read moreThe world economy has changed profoundly over recent years. The US–China conflict dominates today’s international stage. Given these shifts in […]
Read moreIf China is rising, it must be seeking world domination. If Russia is declining, it must be plotting revenge. The […]
Read moreThe Hungarian People’s Republic and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were both established in 1949, on 20 August and […]
Read moreLittle is known about how the environmental approaches of foreign investors in developing countries are formed. The objective of this […]
Read moreThe EU’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific calls for a “meaningful European naval presence in the region”. What does […]
Read moreThis paper uses text mining and sentiment analysis of Twitter posts to explore the EU’s diplomatic communication practices and to […]
Read moreThe conference elucidated Europe’s role and positioning at a time of multipolar competition – one of JOINT’s major research assumptions […]
Read moreThis analysis examines the transatlantic relationship and the potential for a strategic synergy in its three dimensions for Spain –bilateral, […]
Read moreEmerging disruptive technologies (EDT) – ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), big data, autonomous systems, hypersonic weapons and robotics to name […]
Read moreChina’s public image in the Czech Republic has worsened significantly since the positive U-turn in Czech–Chinese political relations and signing […]
Read moreis chapter seeks to illustrate the modalities through which Chinese soft power has been developing in Italy. It demonstrates how […]
Read moreCountries with geostrategic stakes in Myanmar have reacted in different ways to the military coup of 1 February 2021 and […]
Read moreA great revolution of recent decades has been the powerful emergence of a significant global middle class. Among the destructive effects […]
Read moreOffshoring, which had its heyday a decade ago, consists in moving the production of parts of the value chain to […]
Read moreChina, through its Digital Silk Road (or DSR) aims to helping middle-income and developing countries to bridge the digital gap. […]
Read moreThe EU’s new trade strategy instrumentalizes trade policy more forcefully in order to promote EU values such as democracy and […]
Read moreSanctions are much easier to use against your allies than against your enemies. A friend will want to stay in […]
Read moreIn March 2019, Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in support of […]
Read moreFinancial cooperation is essential to boosting bilateral economic ties, providing firms with more effective instruments to operate in foreign markets. […]
Read moreThe sixth edition of the ETNC report examines China’s efforts to enhance its soft power across Europe and their implications. Based on […]
Read moreOn September 11 this year the longest war ever waged by the US will come to an end, in a […]
Read moreThe comparative case study traces the V4 states’ relations with China since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe […]
Read moreOne of the protagonists of globalization in the past decade has been China. Its economic and financial footprint has deepened […]
Read moreThe debate on technological development and the unfolding fourth technological revolution tends to neglect the role of the EU, relegating […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 crisis has accelerated geopolitical dynamics that were in place before the pandemic. The global centre of gravity has […]
Read morePeragovics, Tamás: Brothers in Arms? Recent Developments in Hungary-Huawei Relations in the Context of Global Huawei Phobia In the past […]
Read moreKatja Creutz, Tuomas Iso-Markku, Teija Tiilikainen & Kristi Raik, The changing global order and its implications for the EU, 03 […]
Read moreNicola Casarini, Rome-Beijing: Changing the Game. Italy’s embrace of China Connectivity Project, Implications for the EU and the US, IAI […]
Read more“China in Africa, a hybrid strategy”, Anna Fiorelli Sánchez. 15/2/2019. The Djibouti naval base is a manifestation of the strategy of […]
Read moreAndrés Ortega, The Global Spectator: Europe lifts its Chinese veil, April 2019 The veil has been lifted from what has […]
Read moreWhen China catches a cold, the world shudders Andrés Ortega. 5/2/2019. When China falters, the world shudders. The current weakness […]
Read moreChinese tech giants are increasingly visible and established in the European market. Are we ready for all that this implies? […]
Read more“Since the launch of China’s ‘Go Global Policy’ in 2001 the world has observed a dynamic rise in China’s outward […]
Read moreChina’s recent policy paper on the European Union shows that the country continues to recognize the EU as an important […]
Read moreThe EU’s new strategy for connecting Europe and Asia, implicitly a response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is an […]
Read moreThe Institute of International Relations is proud to contribute to the new ETNC Report 2018: Political values in Europe-China relations. […]
Read moreAndrás Deák and Ágnes Szunomár from IWE participated in the “Connecting Eurasia: EU-Russia-China-Central Asia Strategic dialogue on connectivity” roundtable meeting in Moscow organized […]
Read moreMiguel Otero-Iglesias, “Is Sri Lanka caught in China’s ‘debt trap’? A view from the ground”. 21 November 2018. The feeling is […]
Read moreTamás Gerőcs: Indian companies’ technological investments in the EU with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe India is […]
Read moreLourdes Casanova, The Competitive Edge in China’s Overseas Investments: The Golden Hand of the State, November 2018 In the last […]
Read moreScientific and technological cooperation between Spain and China has significant potential to be developed for the benefit of both countries. However, such […]
Read moreChinese companies have increasingly been targeting Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in the past one and a half decades, […]
Read moreChina became the second largest outward investor for first ever in 2015. The dominant role of Chinese “go out” policy […]
Read moreXi Jinping Thought is aimed at guiding China both domestically and internationally. The goal is China’s national rejuvenation, which will […]
Read moreRussia and China play dissimilar roles in global governance and define their interests in this sphere in divergent ways. While […]
Read moreThe surge in overseas investment that has accompanied China’s Belt and Road Initiative has swept into Mediterranean region. Italy, Greece, […]
Read moreÁgnes Szunomár presented a lecture Driving forces behind the expansion strategies of Chinese MNEs in Central and Eastern Europe: push and […]
Read moreThis paper looks at the internationalisation of the renminbi in May 2018, why it has stagnated since 2015 and what […]
Read moreNina Pejič, a Junior Researcher at the Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, took part […]
Read moreThe debate about sovereignty has entered the digital realm. At root, sovereignty involves control of one’s own destiny. The Chinese […]
Read moreThis report analyzes and compares the security strategies of four major international actors: the United States, China, Russia and the […]
Read moreThis analysis focuses on China’s changing economic growth model and the important new business opportunities this change is generating for […]
Read moreFIIA Briefing Paper 238, April 2018 Russia and China have largely managed to avoid direct competition in the post-Soviet space, […]
Read moreIs the supremacy of the Big Five, inherited from the mid-20th century, on the brink of its decline? Have the […]
Read moreThe changes in the Western policy towards China have the potential to diminish the asymmetry characterizing Russian-Chinese relations so far. […]
Read morein: Policy Paper 66, February 2018 Read it here
Read morein Elcano Blog, 13 February 2018 The nuclear arms issue is back, in its strategic rather than its tactical or battlefield […]
Read morein Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 6 February 2018 Reluctance to Chinese investments in Spain may grow if its […]
Read moreThe new report prepared by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) contains a chapter from our senior researcher and […]
Read morein: IWE Working Papers, December 2017 Read it here
Read moreChina-Russia enhanced security cooperation is a form of geopolitical signalling. Despite closer relations, the coming years will tell whether such […]
Read moreThe People’s Republic of China, although planning to become one of the most influential states by mid-century, is not aiming […]
Read moreSpecial issue of Contemporary Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018 Contemporary global politics is characterised by multipolarity: globalisation and the […]
Read moreThis report is the third in an on-going effort to dissect and reassemble Europe–China relations from a European country-level perspective. […]
Read moreIn Weiqing Song (ed), China’s Relations with Central and Eastern Europe – From “Old Comrades” to New Partners, Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge, pp. […]
Read moreIn Cheng, Yu; Song, Lilei; Huang, Lihe (eds.), The Belt & Road Initiative in the Global Arena – Chinese and European Perspectives, Palgrave […]
Read moreOver the coming five years Xi Jinping will undertake a more assertive foreign policy aimed at increasing Chinese influence on […]
Read moreThe Communist Party of China is meeting to set up guidelines for the next five years. Although Chinese society is […]
Read moreElcano Blog, October 2017 Apart from its Great Firewall, the Chinese state runs an elaborate system of censorship and manipulation […]
Read moreInterview for “Le Monde”, 7 septembre 2017 Available here
Read moreCIFE Policy Paper n°59 Relations between the EU and China have taken on increased significance. The EU constitutes the biggest […]
Read moreAnoush Ehteshami, Ariabarzan Mohammadi, The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean, in European Policy Briefs, MedReset, Policy Briefs 2, IAI, […]
Read moreAn exchange of bellicose rhetoric between North Korea and the US has caused serious global concerns about a possible military […]
Read moreWhat are the implications of the Trump Administration’s security and trade policies on relations between China and Europe? For the […]
Read moreAgainst the backdrop of an evolving strategic context in the Asia-Pacific region, competition is mounting between India and China in […]
Read moreThe overall developments in world trade have been weak since the financial crisis, but the increasing protectionism accounts for only […]
Read moreIt is a feat of Finnish diplomacy to have Helsinki included in President Xi’s itinerary. The decision may be thanks […]
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