As the Chinese government looks to kick economic cooperation with EU in high gear, it is crucial to weigh pros and cons and get a clear image of what EU may come to expect from closer cooperation with the rising giant.
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Sarah De Geest December 20, 2015 Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
As the Chinese government looks to kick economic cooperation with EU in high gear, it is crucial to weigh pros and cons and get a clear image of what EU may come to expect from closer cooperation with the rising giant.
Read More »Davis Florick September 14, 2015 Latest Articles, Security and Defence
The Xi Jinping Administration is facing significant hurdles in its bid to maintain consistent growth in the Chinese economy.
Read More »Sarah De Geest September 4, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
It is key to see Sino-Russian cooperation not as primarily a values-based relationship, but rather a pragmatic cooperation initiative underpinned by shared authoritarian values.
Read More »Rowan Allport July 29, 2015 Latest Articles, Security and Defence
There is little prospect of soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army splashing ashore along the Taiwanese coast in the immediate future. But the perceived need in Beijing to reclaim the island as part of China’s return to great power status means that the risk of conflict is likely to grow in the years ahead.
Read More »Sarah De Geest May 26, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
We should hope these new challenges in Ukraine and in the south with ISIS will strengthen the alliance once more for the future – a future with a potentially bigger challenge involving the economic and military rise of China.
Read More »Sarah De Geest May 6, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
To truly understand the Chinese we must see them through their eyes instead of our own.
Read More »Rowan Allport February 24, 2015 Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Last month saw the Pentagon announce that it was moving away from its controversial Air-Sea Battle (ASB) programme, declaring instead that it would be absorbed into a new – and somewhat amorphous sounding – model, to be known as the “Joint Concept for Access and Maneuver in the Global Commons” (JAM-GC).
Read More »Marc Simms July 10, 2014 Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Last week, the Japanese cabinet undertook a significant shift in their country’s defence policy, by agreeing to reinterpret the constitutional limits on the use of force in a less strict manner. The new understanding of the restrictions of Article 9 now allow for Japanese “collective self-defense” as well as military intervention to protect its treaty allies.
Read More »David Innerhuber January 18, 2014 Asia and Pacific, Security and Defence
In 1405 A.D. the legendary Admiral Zheng He set the sails of his mighty armada for the first time. Over the following decades he went on seven journeys for the Emperors of the Ming dynasty. With up to 300 vessels and 30,000 men he came as far as Burma and India. China was the dominant naval power in the world – until Emperor Zhengtong had the entire fleet burnt down.
Read More »Zhenjie Im December 21, 2013 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights
This article deals with the premises that ought to be considered when analysing developments in China. It then goes on to suggest why one ought not to be disappointed, but be cautiously optimistic of the reforms laid out in the Third Plenum concluded on 12th November 2013.
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