Structural power and the China-EU-Western Balkans triangular relations

D Pavlićević - Asia Europe Journal, 2019 - Springer
Narratives about the challenges of China's growing involvement with Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE) for the region and the EU are exponentially proliferating and have already …

The EU accession process, Chinese finance and rising corruption in Western Balkan stabilitocracies: Serbia and Montenegro

D Soyaltin-Colella - Europe-Asia Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As front runners in the EU accession process, Serbia and Montenegro have failed to control
corruption yet managed to advance along the path to EU integration. Although they have …

The vicious circle of corrosive capital, authoritarian tendencies and state capture in the Western Balkans

T Prelec - Journal of Regional Security, 2020 - ceeol.com
The presence of 'non-Western actors' in the Western Balkans has recently attracted the
attention of policy-makers and academics alike, with the rise in prominence of non-EU …

Eco-monsters & eco-fighters: China's investments in Serbia's heavy manufacturing industry as seen through an environmental lens

T Prelec - 2021 - ora.ox.ac.uk
In the second half of the 2010s, China has become one of the foremost investors in Serbia.
Some of its largest investments, linked to heavy industry, have been accompanied by a …

Belt and Road investments in Serbia: Is China a new saviour or a new threat?

V Ivanović, K Zakić - Međunarodni problemi …, 2023 - repozitorijum.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs
Versatile political and institutional cooperation between Serbia and China recently spurred
the dynamic development of economic relations between the two countries. Those …

[BOG][B] Western Balkan discourses on and positioning towards China during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Vangeli - 2021 - pssi.cz
Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic has placed China in the spotlight in global
news, intensifying the already vibrant discussion on its rise around the world–and in the …

'Our brothers','our saviours': The importance of Chinese investment for the Serbian government's narrative of economic rebound

T Prelec - 2020 - ora.ox.ac.uk
This study traces the way the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has used the topic of
economic assistance from abroad to build and consolidate its dominance on the Serbian …

The role of soft law in China-led multilateralism: revisiting China–CEE cooperation

Y Yang - Asia Europe Journal, 2024 - Springer
China's approach to Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries as a group has drawn
suspicion, criticism, and competition within and beyond the region, particularly given that the …

ÇİN'İN BALKAN POLİTİKASI: KUŞAK-YOL PROJESİ'NİN BÖLGEYE ETKİLERİ

D Kurut - Avrasya Etüdleri, 2023 - dergipark.org.tr
Çin'in artan gücü ve etkisi, başta küresel ekonomi olmak üzere, Asya güvenliğini, küresel
yönetişimin yapısını ve dinamiklerini önemli ve kalıcı bir şekillerde yeniden düzenlemektedir …

[PDF][PDF] China's Belt and Road in the Balkans in the Post-COVID-19 Era

A Vangeli - … Institute of the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Yearbook, 2020 - iemed.org
Despite the setbacks caused by the great pandemic of 2020, China's Belt and Road initiative
is likely to actively shape the post-COVID-19 realities in the Balkans. 1 To the Chinese …