At Brussels Forum a few weeks ago, BBC World taped an episode of The World Debate, with Nik Gowing as the host. They have posted the video on their webpage. Enjoy!

This weekend, GMF is hosting with its partners the third annual Brussels Forum, a gathering of political, academic, and business leaders to debate the countless items on the transatlantic agenda. Public sessions will be streamed live in video and audio from Brussels, and transcripts and video for … Continue Reading…

BRUSSELS — The publication of this article in the People’s Daily caused an interesting ripple of reactions, not least in Africa itself. Although China professes ideological neutrality in its foreign policy, its officials and a number of Chinese intellectuals are still eager to leap on any evidence that … Continue Reading…

BALI, Indonesia (via Washington) — Slate has this dispatch from Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff at the UN Climate Change Conference.

PARIS — During his first three-day state visit to China, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Chinese leaders to join a global New Deal on environment in a speech he delivered at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. He urged counterpart Hu Jintao to play a greater role in promoting sustainable development and … Continue Reading…

HANOI, Vietnam — A number of the posts already on Vietnam at least mention China, if not focus on it. China is the 800-pound gorilla next door, and much of what Vietnam hopes to accomplish in the international marketplace is in spite of or in direct competition with China.

I’ve talked … Continue Reading…

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Keeping good relations with China will certainly continue to be one of the Vietnamese government´s main priorities.

The reasons for this have been of political nature; but increasingly economic reasons take priority. While there are some success stories like Vietnamese companies winning back the local … Continue Reading…

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam’s history with China has been long, complicated, and difficult. Vietnam’s future with China may also be long, complicated, and difficult.

The two countries produce many of the same kinds of goods, especially textiles. But China, with its billion-plus people, dwarfs Vietnam’s 85 million. China’s factories … Continue Reading…

BRUSSELS — The 2007 Transatlantic Trends report confirms a couple of the trends that have been worrying policymakers in Beijing of late. The gradual cooling of European ardour for China since the honeymoon days of 2004 continues. Then polling “warmth” levels (on a 100-degree scale) across … Continue Reading…

You have to give it to Greenpeace: their speedboat stunt at the G-8 summit was truly spectacular. If climate-change campaigners ever tire of trying to save the world, a lucrative career in Hollywood surely beckons.

But just as Tinseltown must conjure up ever-more dramatic special effects to capture jaded audiences’ attention, … Continue Reading…