Assessing the impact of China on global governance in the age of power diffusion

Global China

Assessing the impact of China on global governance in the age of power diffusion

Economic performance and evolving foreign policy: the effects of China’s military reforms

Andrea Ghiselli
Global China T.notes

Is China’s economic slowdown set to affect Xi Jinping’s overhaul of the armed forces? T.wai’s Andrea Ghiselli offers his take on the issue

Mar 10, 2016

La via della seta tra Corno d’Africa e Medio Oriente

Global China OrizzonteCina

[IT] OrizzonteCina 6/2015 è dedicato principalmente al continente africano. Per lungo tempo l'Africa è stata rappresentata come un insieme di realtà politicamente instabili e, sul piano economico, fragilissime, prigioniere di un circolo vizioso fatto di poteri pubblici predatori, conflitti latenti, povertà diffusa. I dati statistici relativi all’ultimo decennio segnalano che…

Jan 4, 2016

Human security and China’s evolving foreign policy

Gabriele Andolina
Global China T.notes

Will Beijing strike the right balance between proactively engaging with its global partners while continuing to adhere to stances of non-interference?

Dec 4, 2015

Human security and China’s evolving foreign policy

Gabriele Andolina
Global China

Will Beijing strike the right balance between proactively engaging with its global partners while continuing to adhere to stances of non-interference?

Dec 4, 2015

Cina 2020: implicazioni globali del nuovo ciclo di riforme e prospettive per il partenariato strategico con l’Italia

Giovanni B. Andornino
Global China Research & Policy Papers

[IT] Nell’arco di appena quarant’anni la Repubblica Popolare Cinese ha saputo abbandonare il radicalismo autarchico di epoca maoista per emergere come seconda economia al mondo, forza trainante per la crescita economica globale, caso emblematico di successo in fatto di sviluppo umano e infrastrutturale, e attore credibile nella governance dell’ordine internazionale.…

Nov 25, 2015

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    Global China in the Media

    • Andrea Ghiselli

      Research Fellow

      5 August 2025

      “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.”

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Edoardo Agamennone
Research Fellow
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
President
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.
Martina Blotto
Strategic Development Officer
Martina Blotto is Strategic Development Officer at T.wai.
Daniele Brombal
Research Fellow
Daniele Brombal is a Research Fellow at T.wai and an Assistant Professor of Chinese language and society at Ca' Foscari University Venice.

Leonardo Bruni
Leonardo Bruni is Project Officer at T.wai.
Gianluca Centraco
Gianluca Centraco is Junior Research Fellow at T.wai and PhD student at the University of Turin.
Carlotta Clivio
Junior Research Fellow
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Simone Dossi
Research Fellow
Simone Dossi is a Research Fellow at T.wai and an Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the University of Milan.
Enrico Fardella
Head of Project
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.
Silvia Frosina
Junior Research Fellow
Silvia Frosina is Junior Research Fellow at T.wai and PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Social and Political Science of the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Andrea Ghiselli
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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