This book includes papers presented at the 11th International Conference “Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries” (EBEEC), held in Bucharest, Romania, in May 2019. It sheds new light on the micro- and macroeconomic developments in the Eastern European and Balkan countries,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Liaoning: The Smothering Effects of Local Protectionism -- 3. Slow, Steady, Cheap, and Painless: Making Sense of China’s Bad Loan Strategy -- 4. Who Loses from Restricting Chinese Student Visas? -- 5. From Windfalls to Pitfalls: Qualcomm’s China Conundrum -- 6. In Xi We...

Introduction -- Part I The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Global Context and the Rise of Europe. Iberia and the Atlantic -- Iberian Overseas Expansion and European trade networks -- Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms -- Conclusions Part I -- Part II State...

Chapter 1. Russia’s Return to the Middle East: What’s Driving It? -- Chapter 2. New Old Key Player: What to Expect from the Russia’s Growing Role in the Middle East -- Chapter 3. GCC within the Russian Diplomacy towards the Middle East: Moscow’s Plans and Reality -- Chapter 4. Gulf...

Chapter 1: background and evolving features of Sino-African relationship -- Chapter 2: founding of Sino-African Cooperation Forum and the new era of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 3: global impact and future direction of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 4: the stage evolution of the...

Chapter I Introduction -- Part I The International Relations of Population Resources and Environment -- Chapter II Development: Global Strategy of the Balance of Population Potential and Resource -- Chapter III Global Warming and China’s Development -- Part II Strengthening the External...

1. Introduction: The BRI as Strategic Camouflage -- 2. The Road to the Belt and the Road -- 3. The BRI and its Different Manifestations -- 4. India May Join and Benefit from the BRI – A Chinese View -- 5. The BRI and the Good, Not So Good and Bad Business with India -- 6. India as Jealous Foe...

Chapter1.The Strategic Game in Indo-Pacific Region and Its Impact on China's Security -- Chapter2.The Prospect of the “Indo-Pacific” Concept and China’s Countermeasures -- Chapter3.The US’s Indo-Asia Initiative and Its Impact on China -- Chapter4.Locating China in the Indo-Pacific...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The BRI in a Multipolar World: A Normative Tool for Cooperation or Nationalism? -- Chapter 3: Margins of Autonomy in the Chinese Belt Road Initiative: Negotiating Growth in Rural Angola -- Chapter 4: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Three Diverse...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Chinese Economic Statecraft from 1978 to 1989: The First Decade of Deng Xiaoping’s Reforms. By Priscilla ROBERTS -- Chapter 2. Seven Policies That Opened China to the Outside World, 1979-1990. By Lawrence C. REARDON -- Chapter 3. Deng Plays the ‘China Card’: Deng...