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Having worked with Chinese partners over the past 15 years, raising awareness of the Arms Trade Treaty initiative from the very beginning of the UN process, we welcome China’s decision to join the Treaty and reflects on what this means for Treaty compliance and universalisation.
15 July 2020
Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has faced plenty of challenges but none quite like those posed by COVID-19. Bernardo Mariani and Robert Swaine look at how the initiative might emerge from the pandemic more streamlined and outline the approach necessary to ensure peace along its path.
18 June 2020
Since it was first announced in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has been off to a bumpy start. But in Beijing and elsewhere, there is growing recognition of the need for change. Bernardo Mariani and Xiaomin Tang look at some of the latest issues around the initiative and outline what an alternative approach could look like.
16 October 2019
The Belt and Road Forum, which took place in Beijing in late April, brought together leaders from around the globe to discuss how the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can bring opportunities and growth. Despite encouraging language from the summit, the initiative can do more to address international scepticism and to ensure community voices are heard.
3 May 2019
China’s global development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative, spans many conflict-affected parts of the world. In this blog, Bernardo Mariani and Jason Calder reflect on a meeting last month that brought together experts to explore areas where China and the US can cooperate to contribute to peace and development.
1 April 2019
A group of international trade and export control specialists gathered in Vienna, Austria on 6 and 7 December to discuss strategies for effective communication between government authorities and business sectors concerned with manufacturing and international trade in strategic goods and technologies.
15 January 2019
China’s flagship economic and development project – coined the Belt and Road Initiative – runs through many fragile and conflict-affected countries. What are the factors China will need to consider to ensure their investments contribute to peace and security?
8 October 2018
