This piece examines and critiques the massive literature on China's ambitious Belt and
Road Initiative (BRI). It details how research currently seems stuck on the road to nowhere …

Abstract Since 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has become China's signature foreign
economic policy campaign. While there have been debates on the initiative's …

Extending the growing literature within international political economy, this article puts forth
the notion of transnational state capitalism, taking into account the anaemic growth grip** …

Debt-trap diplomacy (DTD) is seen as a relatively new Chinese policy tool connected to BRI.
DTD builds on the approach that China intentionally excessively lends money to low-income …

This article addresses the problem of increasing transport services that intercontinental
corridors demand from the urban infrastructure networks along their routes. Yet, attention …

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which serves as the linchpin of
regionalism in East Asia, is facing a new challenge of great power politics. This article …

In the twenty-first century world, the human race faces a range of challenges that require
global participation to overcome. Recent years have brought climate change and pandemics …

This chapter delves at how Islamic business practices and the belt and road initiative (BRI)
can complement one another. It evaluates the potential synergy between Islamic business …

This chapter uses the German supply chain act as a lens to examine the impact on corporate
social responsibility (CSR) of China's belt and road initiative (BRI) and global supply chain …

Abstract Regional politics surrounding Southeast Asia has exhibited significant
developments with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and counter initiatives through the …