China's massive'Belt and Road Initiative'(BRI)–designed to build infrastructure and
coordinate policymaking across Eurasia and eastern Africa–is widely seen as a clearly …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing a surge of nationalism throughout an
ostensibly globalized world. In this article, we focus on the “narrative battle” over COVID-19 …

The future of liberal internationalism will be influenced increasingly by the re-emergence of
China as a major power on the world stage and by the way the United States is reacting to …

" State Transformation and Chinese Foreign Policy If we want to understand China's
international behaviour, we have to open the black box... State authority is fragmenting …

Under Xi Jinping's leadership, China has actively promoted “Internet sovereignty” as a
means to reshape the discourse and practices of global cyber governance. By analyzing …

The rise of China has been reshaping how the country sees its own role in the world. China
has become increasingly willing to move from being a norm and system taker to a norm and …

Since the introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, both the mainstream
media and professional analysts began to name the Initiative “China's Marshall Plan”. While …

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 …

In the 21st century, the Indo-Pacific region has become the new centre of the world. The
concept of the'Indo-Pacific', though still under construction, is a potentially'pivotal'site, where …

This article studies the formation process of China's belt and road initiative (BRI)–the most
important Chinese foreign policy initiative under Xi Jinping. It argues that the BRI was put …