China global leadership

The GCI is an attempt to win global buy-in for China's principle of non-interference by conflating modern-day regimes with traditional culture.

China's push to promote its own development model abroad has raised concerns. Are the divergent paths of the key global players as conflicting as they seem?

Insights from Chun Han Wong.

Beijing wants to charm Europe and the Global South away from the United States. What is – or is not – working, and what is Beijing’s next move?

The GSI is the latest expression of China’s bid to challenge the Western-led global governance system. How will it play out in the Gulf region?

Do China’s capacities match the long shadow it projects on the global community? And what are the risks that China is ready to take in its international endeavors?

China's brokering of the Iran-Saudi Arabia agreement advances several diplomatic priorities for Beijing.

With comparisons no longer in its favor on climate leadership, Beijing will stick to promoting its existing commitments.

Amid the China-U.S. competition, how can India (and other middle powers) ensure the provision of global public goods?

There are at least two major obstacles that China will have to get over on its path to global leadership, one domestic and one outward-facing.

Three years into Qu Dongyu’s tenure, a worrisome, multi-pronged diplomatic brawl has erupted between FAO leadership and Western members.