The Belt and Road initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. The authors estimate how much trade might be created among Belt and Road countries as a...

Introduction -- Historical background of integrational processes in the post-soviet areas -- New approaches to analysis of the "post-soviet area" phenomenon -- Integration and disintegration as major trends in the post-soviet area -- The main integration models within the post-soviet area --...