International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies has published an analysis describing a global 'derisking race', in which China and the United States are reshaping supply chains and economic policy to reduce dependence on each other. The piece argues this competition is fragmenting the global economy into rival blocs, with consequences for trade, investment and businesses worldwide.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies has introduced 'The Derisking Race: China, America and the Fragmentation of the Global Economy', a new analysis of how Washington and Beijing are reducing mutual economic dependence. The introduction frames derisking as a competitive race that is splitting the world economy into rival blocs, with supply chains, technology and trade policy increasingly shaped by strategic rivalry between the two powers.