Pt. I: The West's East. Brussels : the new Rome ; The Russian devolution ; Ukraine : from border to bridge ; The Balkans : eastern questions ; Turkey : marching east and west ; The Caucasian corridor ; Conclusion : stretching Europe -- Pt. II: Affairs of the heartland. The Silk Road and the...

China’s Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture. Most...

The nature of territorial and boundary disputes -- Settlement of territorial and boundary disputes -- China's approach to international law -- China's approach to international dispute resolution mechanisms -- The Sino-Japanese disputes in the East China Sea -- The disputes over the Spratly...

An overview on the dilemma of "one China" : myth versus reality / Peter C.Y. Chow -- The myth of "one China" / Edward L. Dreyer -- Taiwan's colonial history and postcolonial nationalism / J. Bruce Jacobs -- On the statehood of Taiwan : a legal reappraisal / Huang-Chih Chiang and Jau-Yuan Hwang...

Research on Chinese International Relations (IR) theory has produced a variety of discourses, including post-positivist analyses, contributions by area specialists and China watchers, and articles by Chinese IR scholars. These strands, however, hardly overlap or communicate with each other. To...

China's vision of global governance: a resurrection of the "Central Kingdom" / Lai-Ha Chan, Pak K. Lee, and Gerald Chan -- Rising from within: China's search for a multilateral world and its implications for sino-us relations / Mingjiang Li -- China's participation in global trade negotiations /...