Philippe Le Corre
Carnegie Endowment
Washington, DC, United States
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Serbia: China’s Open Door to the Balkans
In the Balkans, just outside the EU, China is enjoying a different experience. Serbia claims to have become one of China’s best friends in Europe. → Read More
Trump’s New Strategy Is America’s Old Strategy: Gathering Allies
For all the issues that clearly separate Europeans and Americans, there is today clearly a will from Washington to engage in a deeper transatlantic cooperation on the emergence of new economic actors, and China in particular. → Read More
Chinese Investments in European Countries: Experiences and Lessons for the “Belt and Road” Initiative
The internationalization of China, and of its companies in particular, is one of the most important phenomena of the beginning of the twenty-first century. → Read More
European Nations Must Come Together on Chinese Investment
As Europe becomes a preferred playing field for Chinese foreign direct investment, leaders of bloc nations have been drawn into a debate on the creation of a long-anticipated screening mechanism. → Read More
Europe’s mixed views on China’s Belt and Road
China’s Belt and Road summit is over but the Chinese narrative is only just getting started. In a video released by the state-owned media outlet China Daily, a Western father tells his daughter a BRI bedtime story: 'China’s idea does not only belong to China. It belongs to the world'. Yet the world - and Europe in particular - still has plenty of reservations about the concept. In China’s mind,… → Read More
A brief guide to the French presidential election
French voters will select a new president this spring. The vote comes amid a highly uncertain moment for Europe as it deals with an ongoing immigrant influx (and associated nationalist sentiments), economic challenges, terrorism threats, and more. → Read More
Why China’s M&A engine may be sputtering
This year has all signs of becoming another bumper year for Chinese overseas mergers and acquisition activity. Philippe Le Corre and Joel Backaler explore the reasons why 2016 won’t be the record year everyone is predicting, and why overseas M&A figures originating from China may take a dip before China becomes an enduring M&A player on the international stage. → Read More
China's offensive in London: Why Beijing wants to invest in the United Kingdom
As China sets its sights on European markets, it has zeroed in on London. In some ways, China's turn to the United Kingdom is surprising. But the United Kingdom’s dominance in finance, real estate, and higher education has placed it just behind the United States in attractiveness to investors—and ahead of Germany, China's preferred investment destination until recently. → Read More
There is more to Sunni militancy than language and culture
When I read a recent post by two of my colleagues suggesting that “French political culture” may be to blame for Sunni militancy around the world, Evelyn Beatrice Hall’s paraphrase of Voltaire came to mind: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” But that doesn’t prevent me from disagreeing with some of the premises of the piece by Will McCants and… → Read More
Could Brexit bring the end of the new Sino-British “special relationship”?
As Britain prepares itself for the historic June 23 referendum on its membership of the European Union, an unexpected player has entered the debate: China. With Chinese businesses and the government now investing in big, lucrative projects in Britain, they’re clearly worried about the economic implications of Brexit. → Read More
GOP debate: A night of high stakes in Vegas
In the fifth GOP debate of the presidential primaries, the topic of the night centered on terrorism and the fight against ISIS. Philippe Le Corre and Constanze Stelzenmüller provided their reactions to the candidates' December 15 remarks. → Read More
Hollande comes to Washington: Can France and the U.S. lead the fight against ISIS?
Ten days after the Paris terrorist attacks, French President François Hollande is coming to Washington on Tuesday to discuss next steps. Just as after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, these atrocities have led to an outpouring of international support for France. What will Presidents François Hollande and Barack Obama discuss during their Tuesday meeting? → Read More
French democracy in danger
In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris, Philippe Le Corre reflects on his status as a French-born citizen, how the attacks were different from the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher supermarket attacks, and the outpouring of support from around the world. → Read More
What the budding China-UK romance means for the global economy
The United Kingdom is gradually becoming China’s best Western friend, Philippe Le Corre argues, though many uncertainties in the relationship still remain. → Read More
What the budding China-UK romance means for the global economy
The United Kingdom is gradually becoming China’s best Western friend, Philippe Le Corre argues, though many uncertainties in the relationship still remain. → Read More
What the budding China-UK romance means for the global economy
The United Kingdom is gradually becoming China’s best Western friend, Philippe Le Corre argues, though many uncertainties in the relationship still remain. → Read More
Pomp and circumstance in Beijing: The Chinese military flexes its muscles
About 12,000 troops will parade through Tiananmen Square in Beijing tomorrow. While the parade is ostensibly celebrating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the allies in World War II, the purpose is really to display its modernized weaponry ahead of several key international visits by President Xi Jinping. For Western leaders, the parade has proven a diplomatic nightmare. → Read More
Why China goes to Europe
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Europe in June and July was a reminder to the world–—and to the United States in particular—that China has more than one ace in its hand. As Li made clear, China sees its relationship with the European Union as vital to its long-term interests, but primarily in economic terms. → Read More
The bleeding edge of globalization: France's controversial economic reforms
France has remained an economic and political power in an increasingly competitive world, punching well above its weight in geopolitics. But it also faces major economic and political challenges, and its leaders appear uncertain about France’s political capacity to continue to adapt. → Read More
After the Greek drama: Is France back at the forefront of European leadership?
The Greek drama may be over—for now—but the European leadership crisis is not, following one of the most acrimonious weekends the EU may have seen in its recent history. It may not have been France’s intention to challenge Germany, but it now appears that’s what happened. → Read More