Globalisation is an issue that has been high on the research agenda for several years, spawning a vast and at times unwieldy literature. A concept often ill-defined, it has generated a plethora of unresolved and fiercely contested questions, the nature of which depends on which side of the...

Foreword / by Thanos Dokos -- Introduction: The Belt and Road and EU international relations policy and law / Vassilis Ntousas and Stephen Minas -- The Belt and Road Initiative as China's approach to global governance : implications for China-EU relations and economic cooperation / Yun Zhao and...

Introduction: integrating China into the liberal international order -- China's WTO challenge -- A theory of state strategies under global rules -- The hierarchical politics of WTO entry -- Explaining the rise of state capitalism -- FDI and the quest for national champions -- Conclusion:...