China and Eurasia

Mher D. Sahakyan is the founder and director of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research, Armenia; and in 2020/2021 also AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong, China. Heinz Gärtner is lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and at Danube University.

"To master the art of multilateralism is a challenging task for every nation, but it is particularly hard for great powers that for centuries looked at their smaller neighbors with hubris and condescension. The authors of the book analyze how this challenge is handled by modern China, revealing both success stories and failures of the current Chinese approaches to Eurasia. The book is a valuable source to all interested in the future Eurasian security and development ecosystems." Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow, Russia."China and Eurasia documents how China is transforming post-cold war political and economic order in Eurasia. Contributors shed light on key questions such as the responses of Russia, the EU, India, and ASEAN to Chinese initiatives; the impact of China’s growing influence on volatile subregions such as the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Persian Gulf; and what the new dynamic of multipolar competition unchecked by effective multilateral governance might mean for continuing peace and prosperity. This collection is a welcome guide to the new geopolitics of Eurasia set in motion by China’s rise toward great power predominance." David Arase, Resident Professor of International Politics, The Johns Hopkins University, USA.

• Introduction Part I China, Eurasia, and the New World Order 1. Eurasia between Multipolarity and Multilateralism 2. Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind: The New International Vision of the Chinese Development Model 3. China’s Digital Silk Road and Eurasian Economic Union’s Digital Agenda: Cooperation over Competition Part II Transportation Infrastructure Connectivity Between China and Eurasia– Case Study 4. Problems and Prospects of the Transportation Infrastructure Connectivity Between China and Eurasia: A Case Study on China Railway Express Part III Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Era of Changing World Order 5. Sino-Russian Tandem in Eurasia and Changing World Order: The Dawn of the EAEU and BRI’s Complementary Cooperation and Development 6. Russo-Chinese Economic Cooperation in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative: The Factors of Eurasian Economic Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Part IV The European Union, Western Balkans, South Caucasus and Belt and Road Initiative 7. The Belt and Road Initiative and China-EU relations 8. China in the Western Balkans: A New Player in the Strategic Game 9. Strategic Cooperation between China and the South Caucasus Countries Part V China and the Rising Economic Powerhouses: BRI and Gulf Cooperation Council States; ASEAN-China- India Triangle 10. The GCC Countries and China: Exponentially Growing Partnership in Rapidly Changing World Order 11. ASEAN-China- India Triangle Relationship: Challenges and Opportunities Conclusion