Min Explores Evolving Chinese-Russian Relationship
According to Professor Ye, China and Russia’s partnership is a declaration of joint counterbalancing on the global stage and an explicit commitment to support each other’s security concerns.
Fewsmith Offers Insights into Xi Jinping’s Influential Inner Circle
Professor Fewsmith provided insights into the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), what true power means in China, and who wields it.
Heine Offers Insights Into China’s Lending Strategy in Latin America
China has been burned on FDI in Latin America, but Ambassador Heine argues that a reason for China’s reoriented lending strategy in the region could be that the country is going to concentrate more on development and internal investment in the coming years.
Heine Discusses New Journal Issue on Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
In his article in the latest issue of the journal “Pensamiento Propio,” Ambassador Heine discusses the global shift in attention towards the Indo-Pacific in recent years, with new security agreements such as AUKUS focussing attention on the region.
Gallagher & Li Examine Climate Risk Exposure to Foreign Direct Investments
Professor Gallagher’s article performs an econometric analysis to decipher the extent to which foreign firms incorporate climate risk into their investment decisions in developing countries.
Hare Describes How Putin’s Foreign Policy Has Alienated Allies
“Putin has shown – particularly to China – that he is obsessed with restoring Russian control over Ukraine even if it means threatening the interests and good will of his allies and friends.”
Diplomats and IR Experts Discuss Prospect of a Second Cold War
During the “Beyond the Headlines” event, David Malone – Rector of UN University and Under-Secretary-General of the UN – Professor Min Ye, and Ambassador Jorge Heine discuss UN Security Council structure, expansion, and reform as well as what factors might lead to a second Cold War.
Gallagher and Springer Discuss Trends in Chinese Overseas Development Finance
Professor Gallagher and Cecilia Han Springer talk about new findings from the GDP Center’s “China’s Global Energy Finance Database,” and outline China’s declining energy sector loans and what that means for future development financing and global green energy investments.
Storella Comments on China’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy Strategy
“Beijing’s long-term strategic calculus on Russia likely will not change and Beijing will apply the same strategic patience, lack of remorse, and ultimate flexibility to Russia that has served it in the past.”
Heine Discusses Biden-Xi Call on War in Ukraine
In his comments, Ambassador Heine speculates on whether China could mediate in Ukraine.
Heine Comments on Possible Chinese Mediation in Ukraine
China has yet to intervene in Ukraine in any substantial way. In his remarks, Heine discusses the possible diplomatic mediation efforts that China might undertake.
Fewsmith Publishes “Forging Leninism in China“
Professor Fewsmith demonstrates how the Chinese Communist Party reshaped itself to become far more violent, more hierarchical, and more militarized during the Chinese revolution and ensuing CCP transformation from 1927 to 1934.
GDP Center Releases New Findings from China’s Global Energy Finance Database
If and when Chinese development finance for overseas energy activity increases again, it should be directed towards cleaner sources of energy to match the trends in foreign direct investment, policy announcements, and global goals for mitigating climate change.
Heine’s “Active Non-Alignment and Latin America” Reviewed in “Global Policy“
As “Global Policy” writes, “at a time when nations are being pressured to pick sides, this book will make an important contribution to global debates on the options open to states and regions.”
Heine Discusses Impact of Chinese-Latin American Trade
For Latin America, economic and investment issues addressed during the Two Sessions are relevant due to the impact that China has on the countries of the region.
Gallagher Argues That the World Needs a New Bretton Woods Moment
“Facing today’s intersectional economic, environmental and health crises and building a better tomorrow requires, according to the International Monetary Fund managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, ‘a new Bretton Woods moment.’ As we argue in our new book…she is right.”
Heine Offers Insights Into China’s COVID-19 Diplomacy
Ambassador Heine discusses the delivery of medical supplies and sale of Chinese vaccines to Latin America, China’s goals for COVID-19 diplomacy and success in achieving them, as well as his proposed adoption of active non-alignment for Latin America.
Heine’s “Active Non-Alignment and Latin America” Reviewed in Foreign Affairs
Brian Winter, the editor-in-chief of “Americas Quarterly,” extensively details a strategy of active non-alignment for Latin America, which Heine and his coauthors propose in their book, which involves a foreign policy that is “equidistant” between Washington and Beijing, neither subservient to nor hostile toward either.
UBC Hosts Heine for Launch of “Active Non-Alignment and Latin America“
Ambassador Heine discussed the importance of the active non-alignment doctrine in Latin America and how such a foreign policy would affect global relations.
Miller Discusses Asian Countries’ Response to Invasion of Ukraine
“Smaller Asian countries don’t want is to have two blocs: the U.S. and Western countries as well as Japan and Korea in one bloc; and Russia, and perhaps even China, in one bloc, which would then really have echoes of the Cold War.”