China and India weren’t critical of Putin’s war. Did that change? Rohan Mukherjee - September 26, 2022 Neither country was inclined to defend a global order that denies their status aspirations, but the war’s impact may be forcing a rethink
Sri Lanka can’t count on China to solve its debt problems Layna Mosley and Peter Rosendorff - September 12, 2022 The country owes a lot of money to a lot of creditors
Phasing out coal plants worldwide won’t be easy. These four approaches could help. Morgan D. Bazilian, Katie Auth, and Brad Handler - December 1, 2021 More than 40 countries say they’ll phase out coal-fired power plants in the next 20 years
The new World Bank head wants some changes. That could backfire. Melvin H. L. Wong, Lennart Kaplan, and Kai Gehring - April 24, 2019 We investigate how aid affects violence in African nations.
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ opens up new business in Africa — for both the U.S. and China Janet Eom - July 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59157" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands
How to stop worrying and love the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Raj Desai and James Vreeland - April 6, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23427" align="aligncenter" width="644"] Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
Why the U.S. effort to curb the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is doomed to fail (and why it doesn't matter all that much) Erik Voeten - March 19, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22908" align="aligncenter" width="982"] Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth from
Why the U.S. effort to curb the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is doomed to fail (and why it doesn’t matter all that much) Erik Voeten - March 19, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22908" align="aligncenter" width="982"] Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth from
Wishing away the world without the West Steven Weber, Naazneen Barma, and Ely Ratner - November 19, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18249" align="aligncenter" width="690"] Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
A world without the West? Not so fast. Erik Voeten - November 14, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18147" align="aligncenter" width="634"] Leaders of the BRICS nations, from
Why would states want or not want a seat on the United Nations Security Council? Erik Voeten - October 19, 2013 The response to the decision by Saudi Arabia to reject
Getting More Development Bang for Your Foreign Assistance Buck Erik Voeten - February 18, 2013 Below is a guest post by Brad Parks and Zach