In the context of debates on the rise of China in the West, China’s seaport investment projects in the Mediterranean region have aroused concerns in the US and the EU given that they regard China as an emerging strategic and economic challenge. The EU has strategic doubts about the security, political, and economic implications of China’s seaport investments.
The PRC is widely recognized as a destination market for many women trafficked in Asia, particularly from Vietnam. Trafficking in women in China is a sensitive and complex issue that threatens public health, security, gender equity and sustainable development.
This report offers an overview of the HS issues published in 2021, summarising the insights of a rich group of renown scholars, seasoned practitioners, junior researchers and activists on some of the most critical topics in the fields of peace, conflict and security.
Stefano Ruzza (T.wai & University of Torino) and Eugenio Cusumano (Leiden University) are authors of the essay “The Privatisation of Maritime Security: Implications for International Security” in the new Routledge Handbook of Maritime Security (July 2022).
This article argues that a peculiar pattern of dependent asymmetry – ‘dual dependence’, i.e. a combination of internal and external dependence – has come to characterize the structure of China-Myanmar relations since the late 1980s.
