Robert Griffiths is a former Senior Lecturer in Political Economy and History at the University of Wales and currently the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain.
The Brexit crisis gripping British politics seems likely to lead to a significant realignment of political forces that challenges the country's ruling class.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with its hugely different model from the "strings attached" World Bank and IMF funding programs, hopes to win over critics and promote China's Belt and Road Initiative.