At the end of the 1980s, a tri-polar world comprising the US, EU and Japan emerged. However, the economic turbulence of the early 21st century has destabilized this order, and the rise of other Asian powers has implications for the formation of a new economic configuration. This book discusses...

WIE SICH PEKING IN UNSERE WIRTSCHAFT EINKAUFT: Pirelli, Volvo, Club Méditerranée, Syngenta oder Spotify: Mit Milliardenbeträgen kaufen sich chinesische Investoren in europäische Unternehmen ein. Besonders beliebt sind deutsche Marken, darunter Daimler, Steigenberger oder BioNTech. Die wilde...

Drawing on global media reports, we conduct a sentiment analysis of the image of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the evolution of its image over time. Our main finding is that perceptions of the initiative deteriorated significantly in many geographies from 2017 to 2022. The notable...

The objective of this paper is a presentation of results of an analysis of the Three Seas Initiative (TSI), whose participating countries (except Austria) treat it as a method of: a) reducing their dependence on crude oil and natural gas imports from Russia, thus increasing their energy...