China & East Asia

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…

In 1957, at the height of Soviet power, Chinese leader Mao Zedong made a prediction. “It is my opinion that the international situation has now reached a new turning point. There are two winds in the world today, the East Wind and the West…

In September 2013, the newly-elected President of China, Xi Jinping, visited Kazakhstan and other Central Asian states. In his speech at the Nazarbayev University he presented the “Silk Road Economic Belt” project, which was followed by the…

Six years after the start of the Great Recession of 2008-09, the outlook for the world economy now looks relatively optimistic, albeit amid some new risks and challenges. Following years of balance sheet adjustment and policymakers…