Russia's Approach to Connectivity in Asia: From Cooperation to Coercion [0.03%]
俄罗斯在亚洲的互联互通从合作到强制的政治经济学
Kristiina Silvan,Marcin Kaczmarski
Kristiina Silvan
Russia's foreign policy concept, last updated in 2023, envisioned economic and political cooperation with countries of the Asia-Pacific as important for advancing Russia's agenda as a global power and emphasised the need to improve connecti...
Introduction to the Special Issue: Theory and Practice of Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific-Spheres, Logics, and Regional Dynamics [0.03%]
专刊介绍：印太联通的理论与实践——机制、逻辑及区域动态
Bart Gaens,Ville Sinkkonen,Anu Ruokamo
Bart Gaens
This short introduction to the Special Issue entitled "Theory and Practice of Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific - Spheres, Logics, and Regional Dynamics" serves four objectives. It first briefly outlines the rationale for theoretical and emp...
Unwitting Agents: Representations of Chinese International Students in US-China Geopolitics [0.03%]
无意的代理人：国际学生与中美地缘政治格局变迁中的中国形象
Wu Xie
Wu Xie
As part of a larger study, this paper presents findings from my exploration of discourses about China-US geopolitics through popular discussions on Chinese international students (CIS) who are attending American universities during the ongo...
Contentious Connectivity-the USA, Japan, and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific [0.03%]
争议中的互联互通——美国、日本与自由开放的印度太平洋
Bart Gaens,Ville Sinkkonen
Bart Gaens
This article explores how the USA and Japan have aimed to advance connectivity and infrastructure investment in the Indo-Pacific, implicitly or explicitly in response to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Both actors' vision, strategie...
Multilateral Development Banks as Agents of Connectivity: the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) [0.03%]
多边开发银行作为互联互通的推动者：亚洲开发银行和亚洲基础设施投资银行的作用
Katja Creutz
Katja Creutz
The article explores connectivity from the prism of multilateral development banks. It recognises that theorising on connectivity is increasing, but as connectivity agency is less addressed, it aims to contribute to discussions on who the a...
The Sustainable Development and Economic Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Ethiopia [0.03%]
“一带一路”倡议在埃塞俄比亚的可持续发展及其经济影响分析
Mukesh Shankar Bharti
Mukesh Shankar Bharti
The purpose of this research is to assess the economic growth and sustainable development of Ethiopia. To what extent does the Chinese investment contribute to the overall economic development of Ethiopia after the Belt Road Initiative (BRI...
Bart Gaens,Ville Sinkkonen,Henri Vogt
Bart Gaens
IR literature has become inundated with different descriptions for the future of international order. The coming age is purportedly marked by China's ascendancy, American decline, a leaderless "no-one's world", or multiple competing moderni...
Japan's Advocacy for Human Security in Global Politics: Case Study of Japan's Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) in the State of Sabah, Malaysia, 2000-2021 [0.03%]
日本的全球政治与人类安全理念：以2000至2021年日本政府对马来西亚沙巴州基层人类安全项目的援助为例
Ramli Dollah,Diana Peters,Wan Shawaluddin Wan Hassan et al.
Ramli Dollah et al.
After World War II, Japan became a major recipient of foreign aid from the USA. As Japan's economy improved in the 1960s, it played a significant role as a global aid donor in world politics through its Official Development Assistance (ODA)...
Creative Approach to Development: Leveraging the Sino-African Belt and Road Initiatives to Boost Africa's Cultural and Creative Industries for Africa's Development [0.03%]
创意发展之道：借力中非“一带一路”合作 助推非洲文化产业发展的新模式
Emmanuel Chidiebere Edeh,Cang Cong Zhao,Adekunle Osidipe et al.
Emmanuel Chidiebere Edeh et al.
The present study identifies investment in Africa's cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as one of the strategic moves in the right direction for achieving sustainable development across the African continent. Cultural and creative indus...
Perks and Perils of Strategic Choice: South Korea's Iran Policy Under Moon Jae-in [0.03%]
文在寅政府下的韩国伊朗政策及其利弊
Shirzad Azad
Shirzad Azad
After some two decades of growing partnership between Seoul and Tehran, South Korea's bilateral relationship with Iran reached a bottom of absolute gloom under the leadership of Moon Jae-in. Most of his presidency coincided with the adminis...