There is at present an overlapping but inadequately coordinated combination of strategic inter-continental transport corridors or axes stretching across the EuraAsian landmass, centered on or around Central Asia. There are three such initiatives - from the EU, China and China and the Asian...

Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Silk Road and the Silk Road Spirit; I. The origin of the term "Silk Road"; II. The background of the Silk Road; 1. Zhang Qian's diplomatic missions to the Western regions...

Using recent regional data from Russia, the pattern of trade of Russia’s regions with the CIS and rest of the world (non-CIS) is examined using a series of gravity equations. Some evidence of shifting trade patterns toward non-CIS countries is found, but trade still has an inward orientation...