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In April 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center published a brief to analyze eight examples of "supposed debt trap diplomacy cases" by China, and concluded that debt trap diplomacy was not the driver of China’s overseas lending and development finance policies, and that they found no empirical evidence to prove that ...
In December 2021, BBC contacted Bräutigam to give a brief explanation of debt trap diplomacy, an example of it, and why the evidence doesn't support it. The morning after, a BBC broadcast recording used clips of the brief interview with Bräutigam and misrepresented her position on the debt-trap issue, discarding all the evidence she brought ...
It claims to be the largest port in Sri Lanka after the Port of Colombo and the "biggest port constructed on land to date in the country" and is often cited as an example of China's Debt Trap Diplomacy where the port was leased to pay off Chinese debts. However, in 2017, Sri Lanka experienced a debt distress that was unconnected to Chinese ...
The Group of 20 major economies should extend a freeze on official bilateral debt payments by the world's poorest countries through 2021, and permanently reduce the debt load of some of the most ...
China financed Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka, which drew allegations of debt-trap diplomacy when Sri Lanka defaulted on its loans and China took control of the port for 99 years. [39] Some western analysts have suggested China's debt-trap diplomacy may hide hegemonic intentions and challenges to states' sovereignty. [40]
China's outposts in the disputed South China Sea are often cited as examples of a "salami slicing" tactic. Map depicts 2015. China's salami slicing (Chinese: 蚕食; pinyin: Cán shí; transl. "nibbling like a silkworm" [1]) is a geopolitical strategy involving a series of small steps allegedly taken by the government of People's Republic of China that would become a larger gain which would ...
A big project can upend the lives of tens of thousands of people. Since 2004, World Bank estimates indicate that at least a dozen bank-supported projects physically or economically displaced more than 50,000 people each. Studies show that forced relocations can rip apart kinship networks and increase risks of illness and disease.
Diplomacy is the main instrument of foreign policy which represents the broader goals and strategies that guide a state's interactions with the rest of the world. International treaties , agreements , alliances , and other manifestations of international relations are usually the result of diplomatic negotiations and processes.