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China’s silk road economic belt initiative in Central Asia: economic and security implications (2018)
Journal Article
Dave, B., & Kobayashi, Y. (2018). China’s silk road economic belt initiative in Central Asia: economic and security implications. Asia Europe Journal: Studies on Common Policy Challenges, 16(3), 267-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-018-0513-x

The Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) initiative, launched by Xi Jinping in 2013 as the Central Asian component of the Eurasian Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is presented as a trade and infrastructural developmental initiative that benefits all to del... Read More about China’s silk road economic belt initiative in Central Asia: economic and security implications.

The Future of International Security Norms (2018)
Book Chapter
Vinjamuri, L. (2018). The Future of International Security Norms. In W. C. Wohlforth, & A. Gheciu (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Security. Oxford University Press

Zimbabwe’s consolidation as a gatekeeper state (2018)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (2018). Zimbabwe’s consolidation as a gatekeeper state. Third world thematics, 3(3), 439-454. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2018.1446762

Cooper’s gatekeeper state theory provides a powerful way to read recent Zimbabwean politics, but the country also challenges his assumptions about both the elite-led nature of gatekeeping, and deterministic assumptions about its direct emergence from... Read More about Zimbabwe’s consolidation as a gatekeeper state.

Taking ‘development cooperation’ and South-South discourse seriously: Indian claims and Ghanaian responses (2018)
Journal Article
Harris, D., & Vittorini, S. (2018). Taking ‘development cooperation’ and South-South discourse seriously: Indian claims and Ghanaian responses. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 56(3), 360-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2017.1368152

Indian interaction with the global South is at a crossroads. For a long time wedded to Nehruvian values of South–South cooperation, there are now considerable claims that economics underpins relations. This article looks at the current Indian ‘develo... Read More about Taking ‘development cooperation’ and South-South discourse seriously: Indian claims and Ghanaian responses.

Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations (2018)
Book
Maags, C., & Svensson, M. (Eds.). (2018). Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2204rz8

The Chinese state uses cultural heritage as a source of power by linking it to political and economic goals, but heritage discourse has at the same time encouraged new actors to appropriate the discourse to protect their own traditions. This book foc... Read More about Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations.