<P>1 Discursive power of "Silk Road" in China, Japan and South Korea's foreign policies toward Central Asia; 2 Evolution of the "Silk Road" into a foreign policy discourse; 3 Discourses of rivalry or rivalry of discourses?; 4 Japanese and Chinese infrastructure development strategies in Central Asia;...</p>

Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative : a regional perspective / Jonathan Fulton -- Localizing China's global silk Roads through the "17+1" / Emilian Kavalski -- China's BRI in South Asia : unique characteristics and general framework / Jabin T. Jacob -- Central Asia in BR I: policy-taker or...