China's Bid for Hegemony?

China’s New Multilateral Institutions and Social Purpose in Global Governance

China's Bid for Hegemony? is a research project carried out by Dr. Matthew Stephen and funded by the German Research Foundation through the Heisenberg Programme. It examines the role of China-founded institutions in global governance.

New Publication (open access)

Matthew D. Stephen (2024) China and the Limits of Hypothetical Hegemony, Security Studies 33 (1): 152-159, DOI: 10.1080/09636412.2023.2259801

Photo credit: The Presidential Press and Information Office's of Azerbaijan (2019)

Project Goals

China has played a key role in the creation of a range of multilateral institutions and initiatives, from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The project "China's Bid for Hegemony?" aims to provide a comprehensive institutional mapping of China's institutional creation efforts, and to examine what kind of social purpose these institutions serve.