Japan's regional geoeconomic strategy -- Foreign economic policy, domestic institutions and regional governance -- Geoeconomics of the Asia-Pacific -- Transformation in the Japanese political economy -- Trade and investment : a gradual path -- Money and finance : an uneven path -- Development...

Introduction : the changing pattern of world trade and politics -- Post-Soviet regions : from interdependence to countervailing powers? / David Lane -- The changing governance and geography of world trade / Stefan Schmalz -- China's initiatives in Asia : "one belt, one road" as a development...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) vision, heralded as an attempt to revive the pre-modern Silk Route, is intended to strengthen West Asia's economic links with China through ambitious infrastructural projects. Central to this are fast-track rail links, funded by the...