Recording available: Silk Cage Series – Webinar IV: Corridors of Influence? The China–Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor and Beijing’s Expanding Power Architecture

April 23, 2026: The recording of the Silk Cage Series – Webinar IV: “Corridors of Influence? The China–Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor and Beijing’s Expanding Power Architecture” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

This Silk Cage webinar-IV explored the questions: 

1. Is the China–Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor primarily developmental, or is it a strategic instrument within China’s broader power architecture? 
2. How do influence operations vary across political systems in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand? 
3. In what ways does CICPEC connect the South China Sea theatre with the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean Region? 
4. Does corridor participation enhance state agency or embed new forms of structural dependence? 
5. How effective are alternative connectivity initiatives in providing counterweights to Chinese influence? 
6. What does CICPEC reveal about the future trajectory of China’s continental–maritime integration strategy? 

Find out more about the event here.

Read more about the next webinar in the series on May 7, 2026: Silk Cage Series – Webinar V: Hormuz in the Silk Cage: China’s Choke Point Strategy by 2030–35

Watch the recordings of all webinars in the Silk Cage Series here.