This episode examines China’s efforts to develop smart city infrastructure. Our guest, Dr. Alice Ekman, analyzes how China is supporting domestic technology industries in critical sectors like ...

Alice Ekman is Research Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies of the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri), where she analyzes China’s domestic and foreign policy. She is also an ...

Xi and Putin are seeking to build a post-Western world order together, writes China expert Alice Ekman who believes Macron's recent visit to China highlighted major differences in Europe over the way ...

As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of ...

Flaring tensions between Washington and Beijing are raising the prospect of new global diplomatic and economic fault lines, with consequences that analysts say could pose unfamiliar challenges to ...

With growing state interests in ‘blockchain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’, the panel discusses the capabilities and potential uses of these technologies for domestic and foreign policy. The decentralised ...