In 2013, Chinese president Xi Jinping unveiled major components of what has since
become known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). During an address to Nazarbayev …

Abstract Under President Xi Jinping's leadership, Chinese foreign relations have moved
from keeping a low profile, to a more assertive bid for international leadership that is …

This book merges macro-and micro-level analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to
dissect China's aim in creating an integrated Eurasian continent through this single mega …

Are rising authoritarian powers such as China and Russia converging towards or
challenging the normative structures of the liberal international order? This article argues …

Recent research has focused either on the internationalisation of China's higher education
(HE) as soft power, or on soft power with 'Chinese characteristics'. There is a paucity of …

While much discussion centres on economic properties and political challenges of
implementing the China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), few studies investigate the subtle …

If soft power represents a political theory of attractiveness, the term itself appeals to some
and not others. Soft power, as a term, is a cultural artefact that represents a body of thought …

This article argues that Beijing's ambitious 'Belt and Road Initiative'(BRI) is driven by the
convergence of Innenpolitik and Aussenpolitik motivations including a desire: to …

The recent two-decade-long march of “global China”–manifested as outward flows of
investment, loans, infrastructure, migrants, media, cultural programmes and international …

In the last several years, both Russia and China have launched ambitious regional projects
that are promoted as a means to strengthen linkages with neighbouring states. The Eurasian …