China has become a leading source of outward foreign direct investment (FDI), and the
Chinese state exercises a unique degree of influence over its firms. We explore the patterns …

As China has risen to the status of a global power, it has taken the lead in fostering several
new multilateral institutional initiatives. Some of these are formal intergovernmental …

In response to the changing geopolitical landscape in Asia, both China and the United
States attempt to alter the regional order in their own favour, both in the economic and …

The World Bank, under the stewardship of the United States, stands out as the global leader
among international development organizations. Does China's establishment of the Asian …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …

One decade after China's announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), theoretical
and practical debates linger about the environmental impacts. However, no studies have …

Leader visits constitute an important signal in international relations. While studies of US
diplomacy can all use the same dataset from the Office of the Historian, IR scholars on China …

China's rising aid has led to a controversial international debate about the supposedly
adverse effects of China's activities in the developing world. This appears to have taken the …

The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signified China's 'charm
offensive'towards multilateral institutions and existing global financial governance. If the rise …

This study examines why a large number of Western advanced economies joined the China-
led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2015 despite the bank's purported …