The Silk Road Economic Belt: Considering Security Implications and EU–China Cooperation Prospects
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Security and Economy on the Belt and Road: Three Country Case Studies
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the result of a convergence of multiple Chinese domestic drivers and external developments. It holds significant potential to contribute to greater connectivity and stability in participating states, yet there is a need to include a wider spectrum of local and international stakeholders in order to address concerns and mitigate backlashes.
The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Security Implications and Ways Forward for the European Union
The policy report The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Security Implications and Ways Forward for the European Union presents an analysis of the sea-based component of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Road. The report complements the February 2017 SIPRI–Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung publication on the land-based component of the BRI, the Belt. The previous report examined security implications in two of the strategic terrestrial regions that the Belt traverses: Central Asia and South Asia.
Estimating the Arms Sales of Chinese Companies
Quantitative research on the finances of the Chinese arms industry has been limited by the scarcity of available data. This paper uses a scoping study to estimate the financial value of the arms sales of companies in the Chinese arms industry. The estimates suggest that China is the second-largest arms producer in the world.
EU Security Perspectives in an Era of Connectivity: Implications for Relations with China
This SIPRI Insights Paper assesses EU security perspectives on connectivity, alongside and in relation to its evolving relationship with China. The EU’s relations with China have undergone an important shift in recent years, with a strengthened emphasis by the EU on the challenges to bilateral cooperation. In addition, since 2014, EU and EU member states’ security perspectives have undergone a wider reassessment, one that has increased the prominence of the military dimensions of connectivity, including military mobility, in EU security planning.
Promoting China–European Union Cooperation on Green and Sustainable Finance
Energy transition is an essential element of the global effort to meet the objectives set out in the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change.
China and the European Union (EU) have agreed to work together to help deliver the financing needed to achieve energy transition, but more is needed.
China–EU Connectivity in an Era of Geopolitical Competition
The long-standing relationship between China and the European Union (EU) is being subsumed into a broader geopolitical competition between major power centres. This report examines EU–China cooperation and assesses its prospects.