The debates on China’s Belt and Road Initiative often detour around the crucial question of whether China will actually be able to translate all its plans into reality. Their success is usually assumed, with quite a few influential figures believing that as an authoritarian system, the Chinese...

Purpose - According to the conventional wisdom, trade is not a zero-sum game, but a positive-sum game. By allowing countries to focus on producing the goods that they can produce relatively efficiently, free trade is largely beneficial for everyone involved. Then, why are the world’s two...

Contents: 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic Diplomacy / Peter A.G. van Bergeijk and Selwyn J.V. Moons -- 2. (Economic) diplomacy: in need of a new paradigm? / Gorazd Justinek -- 3. Business diplomacy: its role for sustainable value chains / Désirée M. van Gorp -- 4. 25+...

"This book explores the importance and influence of the CIS and Eurasia in the 21st century. It explores the following topics: international business in the former Soviet Union and Eurasia, the Russian Federation, commonwealth of independent states (cis), economic integration and disintegration,...