Publication

Nov 2019

This issue of the CAD discusses the impact of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the South Caucasus. First, Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, Rezo Beradze and Giorgi Khishtovani provide a concise overview of how relations between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and China have advanced against the background of the BRI. Second, Evelina Gambino examines the development of transit infrastructure in Georgia and its relevance to the entire region. Third, Susanne Fehlings focuses on people-to-people contacts between Georgian and Chinese individuals in light of their governments’ BRI cooperation.

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Author Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, Rezo Beradze, Giorgi Khishtovani, Evelina Gambino, Susanne Fehlings, (Series Editors: Franziska (Special Editor) Smolnik, Lusine Badalyan, Bruno De Cordier, Farid Guliyev, Diana Lezhava, Lili Di Puppo, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Abel Polese, Licínia Simão, Koba Turmanidze)
Series Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Publisher Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC-Georgia); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Copyright © 2019 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen
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