Don’t Count on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Disappear 

Don’t Count on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Disappear 

Screens show Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez as he speaks during the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, Oct. 18, 2023. Credit: Casa Rosada Advertisement While China hosted a multitude of partners at the Belt and Road Forum this week in Beijing, many of us in Western capitals are pouring over a decade of … Read more

How China Is Remaking the Belt and Road

How China Is Remaking the Belt and Road

Advertisement China hosted the third edition of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing on October 17 and 18. The forum, which also served as a celebration of the Belt and Road Initiative’s 10th anniversary, was a useful window into global perceptions of the initiative, as evidenced by which world leaders attended. But equally … Read more

‘Digital Empires’: The China-EU-US Competition Over Tech Regulations

Digitalization: How the EU Can Transform Central Asia 

Advertisement The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy.  This conversation with Anu Bradford – Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization and director of The European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School, as well … Read more

G7 Digital Ministers Preview Summit’s Focus on Tech Competition With China

G7 Digital Ministers Preview Summit’s Focus on Tech Competition With China

Advertisement The leaders of the G-7 nations and the European Union gather in Hiroshima, Japan, starting on May 19. But their summit is being preceded by a series of ministerial meetings in various picturesque cities in Japan to lay the groundwork on a number of important topical issues. As the current cold war atmosphere between … Read more