Research & Policy Papers

Contemporary Italian Politics

Italy’s exit from the Belt and Road Initiative: Europeanization or US leverage?

Giovanni B. Andornino, Simone Dossi, Anna Caffarena...

Global China Research & Policy Papers

Italy’s 2023 withdrawal from the Belt and Road Initiative appeared to indicate renewed alignment with the EU’s increasingly critical stance on China. This article investigates whether the move constitutes a case of foreign policy Europeanization. Drawing on original elite interviews with Italian diplomats and parliamentarians, the analysis finds no evidence…

Aug 8, 2025

Cambridge Elements in Middle East Politics

Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures

Andrea Ghiselli, Mohammed Alsudairi...

Global China Research & Policy Papers

Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures attempts to discern the future trajectory and endpoint of Sino-Middle Eastern relations – are we on the precipice of a post-American Chinese hegemony in the region? Or are we reaching the outer limits of what is feasible within what are essentially transactional ties?

Aug 8, 2025

LSE IDEAS - T.wai Symposium 2024 Report

CTRL + power: la (geo)politica dell’autoritarismo digitale

Lorraine Charbonnier

Violence & Security Research & Policy Papers

[IT] Il 6-7 maggio 2024 si è tenuto il quarto simposio internazionale organizzato congiuntamente dal think tank LSE IDEAS della London School of Economics, il think tank torinese T.wai – Torino World Affairs Institute e il Dipartimento Culture, Politiche e Società dellʼUniversità degli Studi di Torino. Intitolato "CTRL + Power:…

Jul 30, 2025

ChinaMed Observer 41

Diminishing U.S. influence? Chinese official positions and expert debate on the Israel-Iran conflict

Miriam Verzellino, Andrea Ghiselli...

Global China Research & Policy Papers

Miriam Verzellino and Andrea Ghiselli (ChinaMed, T.wai) are authors of the issue "Diminishing U.S. influence? Chinese official positions and expert debate on the Israel-Iran conflict" of the ChinaMed Observer.

Jul 15, 2025

European Journal of East Asian Studies

The Forgotten Class Factor? Examining Structure-Agency Dynamics in Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement at Its Tenth Anniversary

Silvia Frosina

Global China Research & Policy Papers

This paper draws from the literature on social movements and utilises collective memory to examine interactions between structure and agency in transformative protest events. Intra-movement competition between different groups to elaborate and diversify the movement’s ideology are used as a proxy for agency.

Jul 7, 2025

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