On May 21, our ReConnect China team member Richard Turcsányi, Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, presented his research on “China’s complex relationship with the international order” during a EuroHub4Sino workshop in Prague.
Richard appeared in the panel titled “China’s challenge to the liberal/rules-based international order: Xiplomacy, SCO, BRI, BRICS, and beyond”, which was chaired by Shaun Breslin, Professor of Politics and International Studies, Warwick University, and member of the EuroHub4Sino consortium.
Workshop description:
The workshop brought together experts and stakeholders from across the European Union. China (in at least partial cooperation with Russia) is building a rival to the Western-led rules-based international order via frameworks such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). New members such as Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates have recently been recruited to BRICS and up to 50 others are apparently waiting in the wings. The SCO now contains India and Pakistan as well as the Central Asian states, plus a dozen or so observers and dialogue partners. In the face of this apparent challenge to the West, what should/can the EU (with or without the assistance of the US) do in response?
Photo credit: EuroHub4Sino project
