Events

Please join us for a panel discussion on the expansion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) across Eurasia and the risks of conflict and dispute that the promoters of the Initiative might have to address. This event is organized by the Istanbul Policy Center–Stiftung Mercator Initiative at Sabancı University, together with Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, The Harriman Institute, ISERP, and Columbia Global Centers, Istanbul. SPEAKERS: Keynote speaker ---BRUNO MAÇÃES, author of The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order (Penguin Books, 2018) Discussants ---LANXIN XIANG, Professor of International History and Politics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva ---NARGIS KASSENOVA, Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Moderator ---ALEXANDER COOLEY, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University