1st Edition
Armenia and the Belt and Road Initiative Perspectives from Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
1. Introduction: Chinese Investments in the Caucasus: Wither Armenia’s Moment in the Sun?, Sos Khachikyan, Jagannath P. Panda and Ralph M. Wrobel Part I: Economic and Geopolitical Framework of BRI for Armenia 2. The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative Combines Economics and Geopolitics: Consequences for Armenia; Ralph M. Wrobel 3. Chinese Lending Specifics and Projects in the Caucasus Region: A Look into Project-Level Data, Katja Kalkschmied 4. The BRI: Trade Integration and Stock Market Synchronisation, Alexander Hess and Christoph M. Hindermann Part II: The Armenian Perspective on BRI as Innovation Hub 5. Spatial Administration and Legal Aspects of the BRI: Innovative Solutions for Armenia between Europe-Asia Connectivity, Sos Khachikyan and Jiang Hongzhen 6. BRI as an Innovative Platform for Technology Transfer: Opportunities for Armenia, Atom S. Margaryan, Haroutyun T. Terzyan and Emil A. Grigoryan Part III: The Armenian Perspective on BRI as Cooperation Possibility with Iran 7. BRI as Chance for Regional Cooperation: Iran-Armenia Economic Relations, Atom S. Margaryan, Emil A. Grigoryan and Armen R. Minassian 8. Perspectives of Armenian-Iranian Economic Relations within the BRI, Karen Grigoryan and Ali Arpanahi Part IV: Experiences from Central Asia and the Caucasus in Comparison 9. Breaking Landlocked Barriers: Kazakhstani Logistics Infrastructure within the BRI, Aida Myrzakhmetova, Hans-Christian Brauweiler and Aida Yerimpasheva 10. How Realistic Is the BRI for Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Countries? Kyialbek Akmoldoev 11. Georgian Railway’s Experiences with Belt and Road Initiative: Advantages, Disadvantages and Digital Transformation, Davit Gondauri, Guram Guramishvili and Vakhtang Tsintsadze Part V: Cooperation with the EU as an Alternative 12. Opportunities of Economic and Legal Cooperation between EU and Armenia within the BRI Framework, Armen Ju. Ghazaryan, Liana Marukyan, Meline V. Abrahamyan and Meline A. Ayvazyan 13. EU’s Global Gateway Strategy and Building a Global Consensus vis-a-vis BRI, Jagannath P. Panda
Biography
Sos Khachikyan is the Head of the Chair of Macroeconomics, and the Coordinator of the Centre for Digital Transformation and Data Analyses at the Armenian State University of Economics. He has more than 20 years of research experience in education, communication and technology-based management.
Jagannath P. Panda is the Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the ISDP, Sweden. He is also a Professor at the Department of Regional and Global Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and a Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies in the Netherlands. He is the Series Editor for Routledge Studies on Think Asia.
Ralph M. Wrobel is Professor of Economics and Coordinator of the East Asia Centre at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Germany. His teaching and research areas are social market economy and emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Asia.
