Stimson’s China Program is conducting an ongoing research and dialogue project that examines China’s emerging role in conflict mediation globally. The project explores China’s foray into conflict mediation during a period of evolution in China’s multidimensional role on the international stage and engages critical Chinese actors on potential cooperation in conflict mediation in Myanmar, Afghanistan/Pakistan, India/Pakistan, the Korean peninsula, Africa, and the Middle East.
Included in the project’s first compilation of works are thorough analysis of how great powers engage in mediation, commentary on how China’s policies fit within its decades-old non-interference policy, an investigation into Beijing’s mediatory role between India and Pakistan, and detailed best practices for military ceasefire monitoring.
For the past 20 years, China has demonstrated a contradictory attitude toward the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
May 14, 2021
Dialogue with North Korea ranks high on Biden’s foreign policy to-do list. However, the path forward is not without obstacles—old and new.
April 7, 2021
Two factors will haunt China’s calculations as it navigates Myanmar’s new politics
February 4, 2021
China has an undeniable role in Myanmar’s peace process, but an ultimate resolution lies in Burmese hands.
September 30, 2020
Examining how China’s interests and relationships fit into the conflict
September 17, 2020
China’s interest in South Asian crisis prevention meets new challenges posed by great power competition and shifting strategic balances
August 14, 2020
Popular support in Rakhine State for the Arakan Army has been a game changer for the conflict there and is one reason why the ethnic armed group is increasingly impervious to pressure from China.
March 23, 2020
