This article examines the network of Chinese-led regional platforms, established throughout
the developing world in the twenty-first century. It seeks to identify the common features of …

Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a cornerstone of Xi Jinping's foreign policy.
Chinese ministries, companies, and universities set up diplomatic networks, build roads and …

This article discusses the ideational motivations behind China's connectivity projects, most
notably the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and aims to explore which values these …

In this article, I address the Chinese project of the New Silk Road and discuss its utopian
character. I analyse the origin of meanings and values inscribed in the project. In exploring …

The book is about the economic practices of traders and businesspeople from the Caucasus
and China who work in local bazaars in Tbilisi and Beijing. It describes their activities, their …

В статье представлен анализ работ специалистов ведущих европейских экспертно-
аналитических центров, работающих в области востоковедения и международных …

The European Union (EU) and China are on a quest to establish themselves as global
actors. Still, both powers first need to create a stable neighbourhood that will not threaten …

The year 2021 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Cold War, and the twentieth
since the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was set up. The SCO was the first …

In recent years, much has been said and written about the Chinese BRI (Belt and Road
initiative): the mainly discussed issues relating to its economic benefits for the participating …

The Chinese entrepreneurs who have in recent years been setting up shops in Georgia—
counterparts to the Georgian long-distance traders who travel to China and the Russian …