He Wenping, Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
Sep 03, 2021
Stability and unity in Afghanistan will facilitate the extension of the Belt and Road Initiative and connect western Asia. China can play a key role in helping the Afghan people embark on a road of national reconstruction and prosperity.
Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Aug 18, 2021
The historic completion of the Pelješac bridge in Croatia marks the first time a Chinese firm and the EU have completed a project together, setting the stage for the BRI’s implementation in Eastern Europe.
Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Aug 03, 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is clearly mapping out its ambitions for global influence challenging the primacy of the U.S. Now, Western allies have presented a B3W Partnership to challenge China with additional global infrastructure investment.
Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Aug 03, 2021
The Group of Seven’s (G7) fixation on China and Russia is problematic because member countries still have serious internal problems related to their domestic economies and income inequality.
Zhao Minghao, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, and China Forum Expert.
Jul 01, 2021
The U.S. and others should help developing countries solve their problems, rather than using them as a playing field in a geopolitical competition with China. Excessive competition will not lead to the better world that the American president says he seeks.
Mikaila Smith, J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School
May 08, 2021
Australia’s outlier history as a “Western” nation situated in the Pacific means it’s caught in the middle of simmering global tensions between China and the U.S.
Kemel Toktomushev, Research Fellow, University of Central Asia
Nov 27, 2020
China’s economy has outpaced all other nations in growth for decades, following a growth model that led to 800 million people being lifted out of poverty. As growth begins to taper off, they’re now faced with the challenge of replacing dated practices with new models of development to make it past what economists call “the middle-income trap.”
Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Nov 03, 2020
Who will win the ‘hearts and minds’ of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europeans with well-spent investment – Beijing with the Belt and Road, or Washington with the Three Seas Initiative?
Adnan Aamir, Journalist and Researcher, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sep 25, 2020
India and China have a long history of border disputes, which have heated up recently. Stacked interests between China, India, and Pakistan hold the region on a seesaw, and BRI and CPEC may benefit from the conflict and pandemic.
Rene Zou, China-focused policy analyst with a dual master’s from Sciences Po, Paris and Peking University
Sep 25, 2020
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is an ambitious endeavor that can be misunderstood as a facade for furthering China’s interests. While there is no doubt that China intends to help itself first, the BRI does create opportunities for governments to come together in equitable partnerships.