We do not have a comprehensive understanding of authoritarian resilience or the quality of
governance globally, because we lack research analysing deepening autocratization in …

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 …

Since Xi Jinping became leader in 2012, he has redirected Chinese foreign policy. This
article examines the role of peripheral diplomacy in Xi's emerging grand strategy. While it is …

A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social world From social
media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers …

Many observers of international politics detect a growing Chinese challenge to the rules-
based, liberal international order. In particular, some saw Beijing's recent creation of the …

" 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 …

Cybersecurity has become a key regulatory area in China's rapidly digitizing society,
economy, and state. The leadership deems it critical in providing adequate security …

The massive overseas expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is a central
aspect of China's 'rise'to great-power status. There is significant disagreement, however …

China's rise as a (re) emerging donor has attracted attention over the last decade, with a
focus on Chinese development assistance as a challenge to the Organisation for Economic …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …