ABSTRACT The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted substantial academic attention
right after its establishment in 2013. It has produced an array of scientific works analyzing …

Scholars have focused on how the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) facilitates Chinese
economic statecraft and its likely impact on the global order. A common thread thereby is …

The “Belt and Road” has developed from a Chinese initiative to an international consensus,
and Silk Road cities are becoming a strategic step for its high-quality development. From the …

The ancient Silk Road was created to promote trade between China and Europe; however,
at the end of the fifteenth century, the Silk Road and China's dominant role began to decline …

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a cornucopia of international projects that offer
mammoth opportunities for more economic cooperation and deeper regional integration …

The purpose of this paper is to observe how China's exercise of economic statecraft
changed with the growth of its economic power. While there is a widely accepted consensus …

A stable and secure oil supply is essential to achieve sustainable development in China.
The country mostly imports oil and gas from countries along the 'Belt and Road', which are …

This article focuses on one of the most fascinating features of contemporary Chinese foreign
policy, namely the use of economics as a tool of national power. This article seeks to provide …

With the advances of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the geo-economic interactions
between China and countries along the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road counties (MSRCs) …

ABSTRACT With China and Russia acting more assertively vis-à-vis Central Asia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have gradually moved to …