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How to De-Risk From China: Lessons From Italy

How to De-Risk From China: Lessons From Italy

By Nicola Casarini
Italy’s de-risking has been a gradual, and often winding, process of reducing critical dependencies on China. But is it permanent?

Hedging ‘Light’: Italy’s Intermezzo With China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Hedging ‘Light’: Italy’s Intermezzo With China’s Belt and Road Initiative

By Elisabetta Nadalutti and Jürgen Rüland
What explains Rome’s brief engagement with the BRI?
Italy Wants to Exit the Belt and Road – But Without Curbing Ties With China

Italy Wants to Exit the Belt and Road – But Without Curbing Ties With China

By Nicola Casarini
Even after Italy’s BRIexit, the central government, companies, and local authorities will likely continue, and even boost, relations with China across the board.

Italy’s Pivot: Unravelling China’s Belt and Road?

Italy’s Pivot: Unravelling China’s Belt and Road?

By Usman Zulfiqar Ali
If Italy formally withdraws from the Belt and Road, it would be another blow to the prestige of Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy initiative.

China’s Transnational Repression and Modern Slavery in Italy

China’s Transnational Repression and Modern Slavery in Italy

By Leonardo Delfanti and Hugh Bohane
An eye-witness report by two investigative journalists on the ground in Prato, Italy.

Why and How Italy and Japan Are Upgrading Their Partnership

Why and How Italy and Japan Are Upgrading Their Partnership

By Dario Cristiani
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s recent visit to Italy highlighted the growing convergence between the two countries.

China’s Foreign Minister Tries Again to Win Europe Back

China’s Foreign Minister Tries Again to Win Europe Back

By Shannon Tiezzi
China’s foreign minister is limiting his European tour to friendlier ground, in hopes of halting a downward slide in China-Europe relations.
The Belt and Road in Italy: 2 Years Later

The Belt and Road in Italy: 2 Years Later

By Francesca Ghiretti
Two years after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, where does the BRI stand in Italy?

Italy’s China Card in EU-US Relations

Italy’s China Card in EU-US Relations

By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Nicola Casarini.

China’s Disinformation Campaign in Italy

China’s Disinformation Campaign in Italy

By Valbona Zeneli and Federica Santoro
China’s increased influence has come along with new efforts to prompt Beijing’s preferred narrative -- on COVID-19 and otherwise.

Is Italy’s Economic Crisis an Opportunity for China?

Is Italy’s Economic Crisis an Opportunity for China?

By Valbona Zeneli and Michele Capriati
As Italy reels, Chinese companies might sense an opportunity to buy up more Italian brands on the cheap.
China, Italy, and Coronavirus: Geopolitics and Propaganda 

China, Italy, and Coronavirus: Geopolitics and Propaganda 

By Theresa Fallon
In Italy, China is no longer thought of as the origin of COVID-19, but as a friend in a time of dire need.

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