Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In 2025, China’s Belt and Road Initiative totaled $124 billion across 150 countries, securing more than 175 construction and investment deals. Last year, India, a country on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027, contributed nearly 17 percent to global growth. Meanwhile, emergent powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East continue to pursue self-interested foreign policies. In an era of deep polarization and unpredictability, how will these countries influence international diplomacy? Should the West be concerned as China, India, and other rising powers form new economic and security partnerships?
Featured:
David Jones, former Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd West, United Kingdom.
Daniel H. Nexon, international relations professor, Georgetown University
Howard Robinson, senior research fellow, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
Chunjuan Nancy Wei, political science professor, Wenzhou-Kean University
Michael Scott (moderator), senior dean, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
Sanford J. Ungar (moderator), director, Free Speech Project, Georgetown University
Recorded on November 12, 2025
In 2025, China’s Belt and Road Initiative totaled $124 billion across 150 countries, securing more than 175 construction and investment deals. Last year, India, a country on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027, contributed nearly 17 percent to global growth. Meanwhile, emergent powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East continue to pursue self-interested foreign policies. In an era of deep polarization and unpredictability, how will these countries influence international diplomacy? Should the West be concerned as China, India, and other rising powers form new economic and security partnerships?
Featured:
David Jones, former Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd West, United Kingdom.
Daniel H. Nexon, international relations professor, Georgetown University
Howard Robinson, senior research fellow, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
Chunjuan Nancy Wei, political science professor, Wenzhou-Kean University
Michael Scott (moderator), senior dean, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
Sanford J. Ungar (moderator), director, Free Speech Project, Georgetown University
Recorded on November 12, 2025
