The Imitation Game: Will China's Investments Reshape Africa's Internet?

By Emeka Umejei At the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, delegations from fifty-three African countries gathered in Beijing, where the Chinese government pledged to support African countries in building smart cities; enhancing the role of information communication technologies ( ...

China and the Global Challenge to Democracy: A Conversation with Larry Diamond

In this inaugural episode of the Power 3.0 podcast, featured guest Larry Diamond discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s range of influence and interference activities that target the public, civic, and social institutions of democracies, including subnational governments, universities, think tanks, ...

India's Interest in a Democratic Indo-Pacific

By Constantino Xavier In the era of globalization, observers have closely watched India and China to see how the world’s two most populous countries pursue economic development and modernization at home while also building a larger profile on the world stage. At the root of this comparison is the co ...

Corrosive Capital in Central Asia: Perpetuating Poor Governance

By Eric Hontz Situated between Russia and China, the leaders of Central Asia have had to balance their young countries’ political interests with strong historic and economic ties to Russia and increasing commercial ties to a rapidly developing and internationally engaged China. The five nations of C ...