Asia's economyGlobal governanceRussia & China
  • Asia's fading economic miracle
    Policy brief by George Magnus, 11 January 2013
    Asia's fading economic miracle
  • Russia, China and global governance
    Report by Charles Grant, 29 February 2012
    Russia, China and global governance
  • True partners? How Russia and China see each other
    Report by Dmitri Trenin, 13 February 2012
    True partners? How Russia and China see each other
  • Making choices over China: EU-China co-operation on energy and climate
    Policy brief by Nick Mabey, 02 November 2009

    The EU needs China to move rapidly towards a low carbon economy. Even with strong leadership at the highest level in China, this will not be easy, given the country's scale, diversity and development needs.

  • Rebalancing the Chinese economy
    Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 02 November 2009

    China's economy and society are undergoing an extraordinary transformation, with hundreds of millions of people escaping poverty in record time. But the country's development model is not sustainable economically or politically.

  • China - A hard turn
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Prospect, 07 August 2009

    The Uighur protests could strengthen the hand of China's hardliners - at a cost to us all writes Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
  • Ten things everyone should know about the Sino-Russian relationship
    Policy brief by Bobo Lo, 01 December 2008

    Sino-Russian ties are at an historic high. But the relationship remains ambivalent and fraught with mistrust. Moscow and Beijing have different views of the world, contrasting foreign policy approaches, and often competing priorities.

  • Crisis shows imbalances are not sustainable indefinitely
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 27 November 2008

    Sir, Paul Betts (“All for one, but none for all to revive Europe’s fortunes”, November 24) argues that Germany should wait for other countries to boost their economies (and hence demand for German exports) rather than taking steps to boost German domestic demand.
  • Russia, China and the Georgia dimension
    Bulletin article by Bobo Lo, 01 October 2008

    Russia’s relations with the West today are more problematic than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall. With talk of a new Cold War and of parallels with the great power rivalries that preceded the First World War, Moscow’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Beijing has been out of the spotlight.
  • India's role in the new world order
    Briefing note by Charles Grant, 26 September 2008

    Few doubt that India's geopolitical role will grow. But what kind of impact will India make on the world's economic and political order?

  • The bear's Achilles heel
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 15 August 2008

    For many American commentators, plucky little Georgia has been the victim of Russian imperialism. The Guardian's Seumas Milne takes an simplistic view: Russia is blameless for a war caused by US "expansion".