Vision, Strategy, and Regional Realities By Mehmet Enes Beşer Over the last few years, China has been marketing the vision of a “Community of Shared Future” (命运共同体, mingyun gongtongti) as part of the support columns of foreign policy rhetoric. First articulated by President Xi Jinping amidst controversy about evolving world governance, the vision has since been extended to regional domains, ...
“The wolf was asked, ‘why is your neck so thick?’, ‘ because, I do my work myself’, it answered.” 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have organized a free trade zone covering one third of the world economy. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, as being the world’s largest trade agreement to date, was signed on November 15. Take ...