Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central … Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our … analysis based on the different strategies of Russia (dominance) and China (doing-business) towards the region and present the …

economic interconnections with China in Central Asia. …

Iran with Turkey and Russia with China to illustrate the negative effects of oil revenue on economic performance. The … examine the viability of Resource Curse theory for Iran, Russia and Norway to see whether natural resources are curse or … successful oil rich country shows that efficient institutions can turn natural resource into blessing; while Iran's and Russia …

factors included Turkish support for the rebels, the weakening of Iran and Hezbollah owing to Israeli military strikes and … Russia's changing priorities in the context of its war against Ukraine. At the same time, the fall of the Assad regime has … actors will define the room for manoeuvre of the new rulers in Damascus. Turkey and Israel have occupied territories in the …

shaped different understandings of economic and imperial development as well as Silk-Road exchange in Russia, China, India …

The purpose of the paper is to study the European Union - Turkey customs union (CU) of 1995 covering trade in …