The Nuclear Option to Chinese Influence in Latin America October 04, 2024
Central to President Reagan's foreign policy was a steadfast commitment to confronting America's greatest ideological rival, the Soviet Union, on the global stage. While parts of the Reagan Doctrine remain contentious, like military aid to Nicaraguan...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Quasi-IMF Lending October 19, 2023
China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, has now advanced more than US$330 billion, which is about 80% of the lending of the World Bank over that period. ...
Belt and Road at 10: A Paradigm Shift? September 25, 2023
Ever since its largely unremarkable inception in a speech at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University in 2013, President Xi’s landmark Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has represented a moving target for analysts and policymakers. The branding has evolved – ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Politics Over Economics September 20, 2023
China may broaden the aims of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to helping the developing world to industrialize after the Third Belt and Road Forum....
How China’s Belt and Road Took Over the World September 13, 2023
Mapping the BRI’s growth over its first 10 years – and its transformation from a Eurasian transit corridor to an initiative with global scope....
What Nigeria Can Teach Us About China’s Belt and Road November 10, 2022
Each country must exercise agency to fully capture the benefits of the BRI. So far, Nigeria hasn’t....