This book is among the first to systematically analyze and discuss the Chinese government's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative to promote infrastructure investment and economic development, bringing together a diverse range of scholars from China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The book assembles a...

The idea of Europe. The birth of Europe ; States, science, and empires ; The rise of nationalism ; The illusion of peace -- The redefinition of Europe. Internal incentives : peace and prosperity ; External incentives : the role of the United States ; The dawn of a new Europe ; The impact of Iraq...

Introduction : is Greece a modern European country? / Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruby Gropas, Hara Kouki -- International bubbles, currency union and national failures : the case of Greece and the euro / Loukas Tsoukalis -- We are all Greeks now! the crisis in Greece in its European and global...