The difference between Chinese and Western approaches to Africa is that China thinks in terms of "development" and prosperity for the people through whose land infrastructure is built. The Western approach, is to get…
By Hussein Askary, Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
This article is republished here courtesy of China Diplomacy.
Record participation at this year's China International Import Expo underscores global confidence in Beijing's strategy…
By Stephen Brawer, Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
This article is reposted here courtesy of the China Global Television Network (CGTN).
The topic of women's rights and gender equality necessarily raises strong…
Thomas Karlsson, Researcher at the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
This article is published courtesy of China Today.
These days, European headlines are often occupied with internal debates and the challenges of a shifting global…
Hussein Askary
Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX)
This article is published courtesy of the Global Times.
The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),…
For a European audience, the value of engaging with this book is not that it offers a blueprint to be copied, but that it challenges us to test our own assumptions. Do we still…
Let the Commemoration of the Victory over World Fascism point the light towards “a community for a shared future for mankind.”
Hussein Askary
Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
The notions of “global governance” and “multilateralism” were enshrined in the United Nations Charter signed at the establishment of the United Nations in 1945 following…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Summit in Tianjin, China, this week, which was the largest of its kind with leaders from 24 countries in Eurasia attending, witness important outcomes (which we will report on separately)…