Search results for: Brian Iselin
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Europe, It’s Time to Wake Up on Research Security
...shouting from the rooftops about sovereignty, security, and protecting its future. But it’s not. Read the complete article by Brian Iselin at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies....
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Two Tines, One Fork: China’s De-dollarisation and Bond Issuance Drive Economic Independence
...dumping a record amount of US bonds. Business Insider. Retrieved from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/bonds/china-dollar-dominance-dollarization-treasury-bond-yields-gold-buying-spree-2024-5 Iselin, B. (2024), Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics. Institute for Security and Development...
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Strategic Trade Dynamics: Unpacking De-risking and De-coupling in EU-China Relations
...Lithuania’s trade relations, highlighting both the challenges and the geopolitical dimensions of de-coupling (Schultz, 2021; Iselin, 2024). Lithuania is a shining example of how solidarity can enable de-coupling and de-coupling...
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The Economic Leash: China’s Financial Tethers and Global Power Plays
China’s emphasis on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and its integration into global markets have allowed it to wield significant influence internationally. Nonetheless, this focus on rapid expansion...
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China’s Himalayan Hustle: Revisionism Resistance Must be the Order of the Region
This edited volume brings together papers to highlight the challenges and opportunities in mapping China’s Himalayan hustle. It aims to advance key debates about the importance of this...
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Why the World Can’t Afford to Keep Taiwan Out of Interpol
Executive Summary Taiwan’s exclusion from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) presents a critical gap in the global effort to combat transnational crime. As criminal networks become more...
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China’s Great Retreat: Unpacking the Boom, Bust, and Strategic Withdrawal from Africa
China’s presence in Africa, once seen as a juggernaut of foreign investment and aid, is now experiencing an unmistakable and sharp decline. For the better part of two...
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The Iron Lady of the Baltics Poised to Reshape EU Foreign Policy
The European Union’s foreign policy landscape is bracing for seismic upheaval as Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s indomitable Prime Minister and outspoken critic of Russian belligerence, emerges as the frontrunner...
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Hegemony at a Crossroads: The Inverse Dynamics of China’s Global Strategy
Here is my bold statement. Hard power projection decimates soft power but only for authoritarian states. In the early 21st century, I was living in Beijing and at...
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Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics
In a bid to revitalize its sluggish economy, China has announced the sale of $140 billion in ultralong bonds. This financial manoeuvre is set in a context marked...