... spontaneous adoption of Confucianism considering China’s economic prominence in the region.
Beijing adopts a similar attitude; and while countries, such as Kazakhstan, are a necessary route for the transit of Chinese products to the European Union and Great Britain, China sees the Central Asian countries as antagonists due to their religion and to historical factors, as the former nomadic conquerors (e.g. Genghis Khan) still leave a negative resonance in the Chinese mind. In addition, there are territorial disputes between China ...
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... being signed between all these banks, but concrete projects are not yet being implemented.
If such co-financed infrastructure projects materialize in Central Asia, then Russia is very likely to
prioritize projects
that are part of the Eurasian Land Bridge, as this corridor transits through Russia. Projects that are part of the China-Central Asia corridor, which circumvents Russia, are less likely to receive Russia’s support.
Sino-European cooperation: only a matter of time?
Yaroslav Lissovolik, Ekaterina Chimiris:
Serbia–EAEU: Integration Prospects in a Free Trade Area
When it ...
The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report
Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...
... seriously. It took a while for the EU to come up with a good strategic response. It is clear that China is very serious about BRI, which in turn demonstrates China’s increasing leadership in the world.
Feng Shaolei
: Connectivity sounds very easy. But in my opinion, this question is ... ... multilateral support. We then can create some institutional cooperation in Asia, for example. This will involve the European side, Central Asia, and East Asia as well. Thirdly, with the increasing economic cooperation we could not imagine that there would be ...
