IE Talks Budapest: The Geopolitical Confrontation Between China and the USA
Master Class
Follow the road that could redraw the world map
Dive deep into the escalating US–China rivalry, framed around China’s bold “New Silk Road” project. Once the world’s most iconic trade route, born in the 6th century BC and linking East and West for over two millennia, the Silk Road is now being reinvented as a global power play.
China’s modern “New Silk Road” is more than infrastructure; it’s a strategy to position itself as the world’s leading power by 2050, challenging US dominance. In this session we’ll trace the ancient route’s rise and fall, then explore how its 21st‑century revival is reshaping the international order.
Join us and unpack China’s “wallet‑based diplomacy” and the intensifying clash with the United States across commercial, financial, technological, reputational, and military fronts. Finally, we’ll examine how this struggle reverberates across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, with special attention to the shifts that have unfolded since Donald Trump entered the White House.
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Agenda
19:00-19:30
Welcome word by Mariam Katsanashvili, Senior Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Joe Weeks, Junior Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, IE University.
19:30-21:00
Masterclass by Fernando Cortiñas
The geopolitical confrontation between China and the USA: The New World Order and the Belt and Road Initiative.
21:00-22:00
Networking
Our speakers
Professor at IE Business School
Professor at IE University since 1992, Fernando Cortiñas, a polyglot (speaking Spanish, English, German, Portuguese and Italian) has an MBA from Harvard Business School, serves as a visiting professor at over 5 universities and has courses with more than 30,000 students on Coursera. Fernando has over 35 years’ international work experience in leading multinationals, and as a professor in leading academic institutions in Europe and America.
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