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China's Implementation of the Global Security Initiative in Southeast and Central Asia

Dec 4, 2024 | gmfus.org | Bates Gill

IntroductionChina’s push to revise the international security order entered a new phase with the launch of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in April 2022. A few months after Xi Jinping proposed GSI, host Bonnie Glaser did a podcast episode with Manoj Kewalramani to discuss the drivers behind GSI and analyze the initial statements outlining its content.
China’s Global Security Initiative Takes Shape in Southeast and Central Asia

Nov 21, 2024 | usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Bates Gill |Alison McFarland

Since Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in April 2022, it has been used in China’s efforts to expand its international security role and reshape global order.
China’s Bid for a Bigger Security Role in Africa

Sep 12, 2024 | usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Bates Gill

Editor's Note: The following article is part of a USIP project, "Tracking China's Global Security Initiative." The opinions expressed in this essay are solely those of the author and do not represent USIP, or any organization or government. Last week, China welcomed more than 50 African leaders to Beijing for the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which has met every three years since 2000 to coordinate economic and political relations.
China's Growing Role in Central Asia’s Security

Jun 12, 2024 | usip.org | Bates Gill

The recently concluded 2024 Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore provided another useful opportunity for senior U.S. and Chinese national security officials to engage in face-to-face bilateral discussions and interact with officials and experts from other states. While these engagements have value in theory, they highlight three persistent problems in the practice of U.S.-China relations. First, the United States and China tend to talk past each other.
What Does Further Expansion Mean for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

May 30, 2024 | usip.org | Bates Gill |Carla P. Freeman

KEY TAKEAWAYS Regional security topped the agenda at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers meeting. China’s top diplomat Wang Yi signaled Beijing’s continued interest in Central Asia with trips to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. SCO expansion has caused notable friction between member states. Last week, foreign ministers from member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan.
China and the Reshaping of Global Conflict Prevention Norms

Sep 12, 2023 | usip.org | Bates Gill |Alison McFarland

SummaryFor a decade or more, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has shown a growing interest in playing a larger role in preventing and mitigating regional conflict and instability. This ambition is being pursued through a variety of avenues, from funding streams for UN projects to promoting its own security norms through regional organizations and providing security assistance to countries in the Global South.
How Does China Approach Conflict Prevention?

Sep 7, 2023 | usip.org | Bates Gill |Alison McFarland

China has taken a number of steps, particularly over the last decade since the beginning of Xi Jinping’s tenure as the country’s paramount leader, to position itself as a source of international leadership and insight about how to mitigate the risk of conflict and instability around the world.
three reasons why it’s so hard for the US and the West to work with Beijing on policy

Jul 10, 2023 | afr.com | Bates Gill |Richard Maude

China doesn’t want to manage competition with the United States “responsibly”, it wants Washington to stop competing. “De-risking” is as dimly regarded in Beijing as “decoupling”. Nor is China inclined to see any virtue in the now common list of grievances from Western nations, whether on Ukraine, the militarisation of the South and East China Seas, treatment of foreign companies, industrial subsidies, rampant cyber theft, foreign interference or human rights.
How Blinken’s visit can bring some stability to volatile US-China relations

Feb 3, 2023 | scmp.com | Bates Gill |Evan Medeiros

While modest expectations are healthy, Blinken has the opportunity to offer a vision for the US-China relationship, gain meaningful cooperation on US priorities and open channels of dialogue critical to keeping intensifying competition from spiralling into conflict.