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CHINA
The Wrong BRICS Expansion
Daron Acemoglu | In many ways, the enlargement represents a major lost opportunity. The world does not need more countries to fall under Chinese and Russian influence. It needs a genuinely independent third grouping to provide a counterweight against both the China-Russia axis and US power.
Chinese aid and local corruption
Considering the mounting criticisms concerning Chinese aid practices, the present paper investigates whether Chinese aid projects fuel local-level corruption in Africa.
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How China Lends
China is the world’s largest official creditor, but we lack basic facts about the terms and conditions of its lending. Very few contracts between Chinese lenders and their government borrowers have ever been published or studied.
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What Do the BRICS Want? Co-existence or Cooperation?
DANIEL WARNER | China is not calling for a total overhaul of the international system but for a different type of multilateralism, not dominated by Western powers, yet one within the basic tenets of the principles of the UN Charter established by the West.
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Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?
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Exclusive: The current global system is broken, Brazil’s foreign policy czar tells The Geneva Observer
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#142 THE G|O BRIEFING, JUNE 15, 2023
Acrimonious disputes over LGBTQ rights rock the ILC—and are here to stay | China resumes construction of the future, literally, figuratively, and with Geneva on the map | Switzerland celebrates a successful first-ever Security Council presidency
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China resumes its construction of the future, amid debt, dilemma, and a new diplomatic strategy
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#140 THE G|O Briefing, June 1, 2023
Pressure mounts around Qatar's expected presidency of International Labour Conference | WHO refocuses efforts | Slovenia and Belarus face showdown at the UNSC | What Western decline?