China & East Asia

As attempts to integrate Russia into the West have largely failed, culminating in the sharp rupture over Ukraine, the Kremlin feels it has no choice but to move toward China, something it is reluctant to admit in order to avoid being…

La spesa militare della Repubblica Popolare Cinese (RPC) nel 2015 ha raggiunto i 150 miliardi di dollari, un aumento del 10,1% rispetto al 2014, quando era pari a 132 miliardi (a sua volta un +12,2% rispetto al 2013). La cifra è certamente…

The new Indian Prime Minister is from the western Indian state of Gujarat, which is famed for churning out the country’s sharpest businessmen. Banking is something Narendra Modi instinctively understands. But in March, when his government…

Il contesto economico globale continua ad essere caratterizzato dal trasferimento di redditi e tecnologia dai paesi avanzati a quelli emergenti. A questo sviluppo, ormai di valenza epocale, si affiancano le problematiche conseguenti alla…

While the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is promoted by Russia as a global counterweight to US hegemony, China - Moscow's main partner in the organization - is reluctant to openly engage in the great power rivalry. China of course…