Congyan Cai is a professor of international law at Fudan University School of Law and an Honorary Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), China.Huiping Chen is a Professor of international law at Xiamen University School of Law and the Secretary-General of the Administrative Council of Xiamen Academy of International Law.Yifei Wang is a Ph.D. Candidate at international law at Xiamen University School of Law.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsContributors1 IntroductionCongyan Cai and Yifei Wang2 Investment Facilitation and the Contribution of the Brazilian Approach to the Reform of the Investment Treaties RegimeFelipe Hees and Henrique Choer Moraes3 Russia’s Foreign Investment Policy: Recent Developments and Future Trends in Terra (In)CognitaDmitry K. Labin and Alena V. Soloveva4 India’s Investment Treaties: How an Emerging Economic Giant Makes International CommitmentsXiaoxia Lin5 The “Belt & Road” Initiative and the New Landscape of China’s ISDS Policy and PracticeHuiping Chen6 Investor Protection in South Africa – Eroded Bit by Bit?Engela C. Schlemmer7 Recalibrating Policy Space in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Is There a Common B(R)ICS Approach?Andreas Buser8 Investment Barriers, Investment Facilitation and the BRICS Countries’ Investment Treaty Policies and PracticeXiuyan Fei9 ConclusionCongyan Cai

Congyan Cai is a professor of international law at Fudan University School of Law and an Honorary Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), China.Huiping Chen is a Professor of international law at Xiamen University School of Law and the Secretary-General of the Administrative Council of Xiamen Academy of International Law.Yifei Wang is a Ph.D. Candidate at international law at Xiamen University School of Law.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsContributors1 IntroductionCongyan Cai and Yifei Wang2 Investment Facilitation and the Contribution of the Brazilian Approach to the Reform of the Investment Treaties RegimeFelipe Hees and Henrique Choer Moraes3 Russia’s Foreign Investment Policy: Recent Developments and Future Trends in Terra (In)CognitaDmitry K. Labin and Alena V. Soloveva4 India’s Investment Treaties: How an Emerging Economic Giant Makes International CommitmentsXiaoxia Lin5 The “Belt & Road” Initiative and the New Landscape of China’s ISDS Policy and PracticeHuiping Chen6 Investor Protection in South Africa – Eroded Bit by Bit?Engela C. Schlemmer7 Recalibrating Policy Space in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Is There a Common B(R)ICS Approach?Andreas Buser8 Investment Barriers, Investment Facilitation and the BRICS Countries’ Investment Treaty Policies and PracticeXiuyan Fei9 ConclusionCongyan Cai

Congyan Cai is a professor of international law at Fudan University School of Law and an Honorary Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), China.Huiping Chen is a Professor of international law at Xiamen University School of Law and the Secretary-General of the Administrative Council of Xiamen Academy of International Law.Yifei Wang is a Ph.D. Candidate at international law at Xiamen University School of Law.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsContributors1 IntroductionCongyan Cai and Yifei Wang2 Investment Facilitation and the Contribution of the Brazilian Approach to the Reform of the Investment Treaties RegimeFelipe Hees and Henrique Choer Moraes3 Russia’s Foreign Investment Policy: Recent Developments and Future Trends in Terra (In)CognitaDmitry K. Labin and Alena V. Soloveva4 India’s Investment Treaties: How an Emerging Economic Giant Makes International CommitmentsXiaoxia Lin5 The “Belt & Road” Initiative and the New Landscape of China’s ISDS Policy and PracticeHuiping Chen6 Investor Protection in South Africa – Eroded Bit by Bit?Engela C. Schlemmer7 Recalibrating Policy Space in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Is There a Common B(R)ICS Approach?Andreas Buser8 Investment Barriers, Investment Facilitation and the BRICS Countries’ Investment Treaty Policies and PracticeXiuyan Fei9 ConclusionCongyan Cai