China's programme for inter-regional economic connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), will develop new trade routes and production chains linking predominantly developing world economies with the Chinese market, making a unique contribution to global economic development but disrupting...

How China will contribute to global governance has become a critical question in international relations, amplified by the linkages between the COVID-19 pandemic, escalating geopolitical contest and multilateralism in crisis. China has been doubling down on its authoritarian model of domestic...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank established in 2016 with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia, by investing in sustainable infrastructure and other productive sectors. By bolstering finance for development, the bank promises...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated a new discourse of political risks, which has emerged at the same time as rising geopolitical contest between the United States and China. While some risks, such as claimed “debt traps” appear to date, at least, to be lacking evidence,...

After decades of growing complex interdependence, a new discourse of geopolitical contest has replaced optimism about globalisation and international cooperation. The likely future role of China is at the centre of this discourse. Meanwhile China is developing new forms of interdependence,...