Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar März 2023 Kraftakt für eine neue Weltordnung Während China im Aufwind gleitet, sinkt die Anziehungskraft des westlich liberalen Modells. Zwischen den zwei Systemen könnte eine neue Bewegung blockfreier Staaten entstehen. Was es für eine gemeinschaftliche Weltordnung braucht. Robert Kappel, März 2023 Der Westen läuft Gefahr, im globalen [...]

China is today the second-largest economy after the US (UN ECLAC 2018a) and the world-leading export nation. The economic and political development of China in the past decades has had a big impact on other parts of the world. The Chinese demand for natural resources has dramatically changed trade volumes and structures in many resource-producing countries. Even though China has recently shifted [...]

China’s demand for commodities and its role as an investor and creditor in the global periphery are closely connected. In the past two decades, China’s outward activities have perpetuated commodity-based development models in the Global South, which are linked with negative socio-ecological effects. In this paper, we assess China’s engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, by analysing [...]

Over the last 20 years, China has become the second largest trading partner of Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC). Between 2000 and 2020, China-LAC trade grew 26-fold from USD 12 billion to USD 310 billion. China is also among the top sources of foreign direct investment and finance for the LAC region. The impact of China in LAC is closely related to the Latin American boom in commodities [...]

The Discussion Paper examines the opportunities that the rising industrial wages in China will bring for Africa. China has been the industrial workbench of the global economy for decades. However, its competitive advantages are waning, particularly for labour-intensive assembly activities in the clothing, shoe, electronics and toy industries. The Chinese government estimates that up to 81 million [...]

Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar Februar 2023 In der Ukraine gewinnen, aber den Globalen Süden verlieren? Die letzten Sonntag zu Ende gegangene Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz hat gezeigt, dass die politischen Prioritäten des Westens und des Globalen Süden zunehmend divergieren. Der Fokus des Westens auf den Krieg in der Ukraine riskiert die drängenden Probleme des [...]