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...

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,...