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…
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?
Enrico Fardella and Théo Nencini (ChinaMed Project, T.wai) are quoted in the article "Iran looks to tap into China’s BeiDou navigation system to plug security gaps" on the South China Morning Post.
[IT] Dalla metà degli anni Duemiladieci, gli Huaqiao o "cinesi d'oltremare" hanno assunto un ruolo assai più rilevante nel discorso politico cinese, essendo stati esplicitamente indicati tra i protagonisti irrinunciabili della grande missione storica della "rinascita della nazione cinese".
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is the author of the article "Did the Israel-Iran war expose China’s Middle East policy?" on Atlantic Council.
“China’s influence likely grows when regional dynamics are favorable to it and there are opportunities to act that do not put too much stress on its policy-making system. The corollary of this, however, is that its fortunes can quickly reverse when the facts on the ground change, and Beijing is left waiting and hoping that the damage will not be too great.”
Edoardo Agamennone is a Research Fellow at T.wai and Academic Director of the China Management & Business Program developed by the TOChina Hub, an integrated academic platform of the University of Turin, T.wai and ESCP Business School.
Giovanni B. Andornino is the President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and Head of its Global China Program. He is an Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the University of Torino and the Secretary General of the China-Italy Philanthropy Forum.
Carlotta Clivio is a Junior Research Fellow at T.wai and a PhD candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Enrico Fardella is Director of the ChinaMed Project developed by the TOChina Hub, an integrated academic platform of the University of Turin, T.wai and ESCP Business School. He is Associate Professor at the University of Naples “L'Orientale” and Visiting Scholar at John Cabot University.
Kavinda Navaratne is the General Manager of the Torino World Affairs Institute and Italy Coordinator for the TOChina Hub, an integrated academic platform of the University of Turin, T.wai and ESCP Business School.