The EU should not get involved in the rivalry between China and the US, but at the same time, and depending on the issue, align temporarily with...
EU-Japan relations have received a major boost with the signing of a major trade accord and a strategic partnership agreement this year. The EU and Japan have decided to upgrade their partnership...
One month since Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy, the International Affairs Institute (IAI) and the Nctm Law Firm, in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, are pleased to organise a...
The rise of China, uncertainties of a more multipolar global order and challenges to globalisation call for a rethink of how Europe is engaging Asia. This rethink has been ongoing, with the...
In recent years, China has become a major economic and diplomatic player in Europe through what it calls "One Belt, One Road." With Italy the first major Western power to sign a Belt and Road...
Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, is in Brussels for the 21st China-EU summit. The meeting follows the visit by President Xi ...
As President Xi Jinping arrives in Italy today, the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and China on the Belt and Road Initiative...
In the two years since being elected president, Trump has been good on his word, pushing forward efforts to reduce the US trade deficit with China. While the ongoing "Trade War" with Bejing...
In May 2017, China hosted a major conference on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), President Xi Jinping's landmark project that aims to massively increase China's land and maritime trade with...
Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington are involved in what may be termed backward diplomacy, a reversed diplomatic process in which...