What changes does China want from the existing international order? What strategies it has adopted to bring about those changes? This talk will address these questions and explore how the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may fit into a coherent strategy.
About the speaker: Dr. Songying Fang is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA. Her research interests include theory and practice of international organizations, territorial disputes, alliance politics, and US-China relations. She has published in many leading journals, including American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, and British Journal of Political Science. She has also received fellowships from Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
