The Committee on International Law, China, and the Reconfiguration of the Global Order supports member-driven projects that advance understanding of the rapidly evolving architecture of international law in an era of geopolitical transition. The Committee examines how China’s expanding legal and institutional footprint, together with the responses of other major actors such as the United States, the European Union, Japan, India, Brazil, Russia, and regional organizations in the Global South, is reshaping the norms, institutions, and practices of global governance.
The Committee sponsors research, reports, public statements, workshops, and collaborative projects that explore how competing legal models, regional frameworks, and normative visions interact in a multipolar world. Its work builds on member expertise in areas including international economic law, development, environmental governance, energy, infrastructure regulation, digital connectivity, and global security. Members have engaged with international and regional bodies such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the African Union, and various Indo-Pacific and Eurasian partnership frameworks.