The China Observatory aims at providing analysis on China’s growing power.
A new three-year Observatory began in March 2015, directed by Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, for the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) of the Ministry of Armed Forces. This programme deals with various issues: China’s foreign policy and security strategy, China’s position in the Middle-East, the evolution of the PRC / Taiwan relationship, China’s domestic and security policy (Belt and Road Initiative), and China’s relations with the great powers (USA, Russia, Japan, India, the EU…)
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By Marc Lanteigne, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo China’s Arctic policy remains very much a work in progress. Although Beijing, under President Xi Jinping, has greatly expanded its Arctic policies, both political and economic, over the past decade, there…
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Note n°22 of the China Observatory, by Mehmet Söylemez Turkey-China bilateral relations have an interesting story to tell. At the two opposing sides during the Cold War and especially having complicated relations on the Uyghur issue, Turkey and China still…
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Note n°23 of the China Observatory, by Nian Peng China has made new progress on advancing its strategic interests in Myanmar by promoting many strategic projects since the National League of Democracy (NLD) took office in March 2016. These mainly…
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Note n°21 of the China Observatory, by Dr. Saša Istenič Over the five years of its existence, the 16+1 cooperation platform noticeably raised its visibility and became seen as a valuable economic and political instrument, which is furthering China’s Belt…
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Note n°19 of the China Observatory, by S. Kanwal Hassan Historic relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China have been based on common interests; their security and defense cooperation has been enhanced due to…
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By Dr. Evan Ellis, Research Professor of Latin American studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College This article examines the character of Chinese expansion into Latin America and the Caribbean in eight points, with an…
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Memo for the 12th Sino-European Strategic Dialogue that took place in Beijing on December, 15th 2017, in partnership with the CICIR. Political Outlook in both China and the EU International Geo-strategic and Political Issues after Donald Trump’s Victory International Economic…
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Par Rowan Callick, Beijing-based China Correspondent of The Australian newspaper China and Australia personify the odd couple. In almost every way, they offer contrasts rather than commonalities – in culture, history, population size and structure, and political systems. Yet, their…
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Par le Prof. Kerry Brown Since a period of mutual idealism in the early 2000s, the European Union (EU) and China have used their disappointments in the period over 2003 to 2016 to craft a relationship which is now much…