The rise of China as a global power has significantly reshaped its global ambition. Under the leadership of Chinese president Xi Jinping, China has proposed a series of diplomatic initiatives – most notably ‘new type of great power relations’ and ‘one belt one road’ – in order to...

At the 47th G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, President Biden announced a US-led multilateral plan to counter the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This plan was named “Build Back Better World” (B3W), mimicking the Build Back Better initiative adopted at home by the Biden...

The Belt and Road Initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. We estimate how much trade might be created among Belt and Road countries as a consequence...

China ist keine ferne Bedrohung mehr, China ist da! Politisch und wirtschaftlich. Das Reich der Mitte ist ehrgeizig, schnell und gut organisiert, es ist innovativ wie das Silicon Valley und bestimmt zunehmend die internationalen Spielregeln. China setzt auf Wachstum und digitale Technologien und...

Introduction -- 1. The Extraordinary Changes -- 2. The Invertebrate World- 3. Theory for the New World -- 4. The Reason of State and Russia -- 5. Instability -- 6. Growing Global Divergence -- 7. Here We Go Again. - 8. The Syrian Crisis: See Between the Play of Mirrors -- 9. Economic Madness,...

J. Freimuth, S. Kaiser and M. Schaedler: Introduction to "Standardization Strategies in China and India" -- Part I Standardization - Context and Framework: J. Freimuth: The Underestimated Power of Technical Standards -- U. Harmes-Liedtke: Quality Infrastructure: National Systems and...