Tag: Geoeconomics • Energy • Technology

China and Belarus are accelerating the implementation of joint scientific and technological projects, further contributing to the practical fulfillment of the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Key takeaways: In August 2024, Belarus and China signed a protocol approving 20 joint scientific and technological projects together with a 2024-2025 action plan for cooperation… Continue reading China’s technological and innovation engagement with Belarus: win-win cooperation or unequal relationship?

China’s approach to global positioning is transitioning from capturing to creating and shaping new structures and platforms. It is thus generating an entirely new framework of multitudinous opportunities to revise the post-World War Two order. Key takeaways: Beijing is setting up platforms for global development, security, civilization and governance initiatives, as well as the international… Continue reading China’s global footprint: From capturing to crafting institutions

The US-China trade war has helped normalize sanctions as a tool of statecraft. In the latest dispute between China and Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, the risks of Beijing’s growing use of economic pressure are back in focus. This article traces the evolution of China’s economic coercion, examines Japan’s diversification strategy,… Continue reading China’s economic coercion: The case of Japan and the lesson for Europe

As Georgia slides deeper into authoritarianism, the West has responded with political sanctions and the suspension of aid. Yet these steps are being quietly blunted by a parallel stream of Western-backed development finance that continues to flow through international financial institutions. Even as Brussels and Washington distance themselves politically, taxpayer funds continue to finance major… Continue reading Europe’s money, China’s companies, Georgia’s authoritarians: The paradox undermining Western leverage