This book is among the first to systematically analyze and discuss the Chinese government's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative to promote infrastructure investment and economic development, bringing together a diverse range of scholars from China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The book assembles a...

Preface -- Part I Size -- Chapter 1: Mega-states vs. Compact Powers: Risks in the Emerging International System -- Chapter 2: Effects of the Size of a Country on its Economic Performance -- Part II Political Regimes and Social Structure -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Dependence and Conflict in a...

In diesem Lehrbuch zweier Politikwissenschaftler von der Universität Trier werden verschiedene Bereiche der Außenpolitik, insbesondere die Sicherheits-, die internationale Menschenrechts- und die internationale Umwelt- und Klimapolitik vorgestellt, Chinas Rolle in der Weltwirtschaft...

Whereas the rational choice approach to international law has been widely accepted in legal scholarship and international relations theory, challenges to the rational choice paradigm in economic analysis of international law have hitherto not been systematically explored. Nevertheless,...