Securitization and Democracy in Eurasia: Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region

Abstract

Part I: Security Architecture in Eurasia: Speaking together: Regular Interaction and State Cooperation with OSCE Bodies -- The Impact of Development Aid on Democratic Progress, Economic Development and Corruption in the OSCE Area -- Placing the OSCE within the Eurasian Regional Integration Trends -- Population-based Study of the Eurasian Integration: Assessing the Anti-Eurasian Sentiment in Kazakhstan -- Development Aid in Central Asia: A 'Chessboard' for Great Powers? -- The Afghan Crisis: A Chance to Strengthen Russia's Security Influence in Central Asia -- Main Securitizing and De-securitizing Actors of the OSCE Debate in the Western Balkan Region -- The Russian Policy in the Western Balkans -- Social Security of the States with Limited Recognition: The Case Study of the Republic of Kosovo -- New Opportunities for Peace and Cooperation in the South Caucasus -- Women's Transformative Power in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict -- Legislating Gender Equality in Kyrgyzstan: Women's Rights, Neo-Traditionalism and the OSCE -- Ending Gender-Based Violence in Kyrgyzstan: reflections on the Spotlight Initiative -- From Social Media To Social Change Online Platforms' Impact On Kazakhstan's Feminist And Civil Activisms -- The political impact of teahouse culture in Central Asia -- Part II: Special Section – China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or a Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?: China's Belt and Road Initiative: Curse or Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia? -- An Overview of China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Development since 2013 -- Official Visions of Democracy in Xi Jinping's China -- Varieties of Authoritarianism in Eurasia -- The Belt and Road Initiative and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Asia -- A Sceptical Neighbor: Perceptions of Chinese Investments in Kyrgyzstan -- Opportunities and Risks of the Belt and Road Initiative in Ukraine -- Chinese Linkage and Democracy in Pakistan -- Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative -- The Belt and Road Initiative and Autocracy Promotion as Elements of China's Grand Strategy -- Glocal Governance and Anocratic States along the BRI -- Part III: Future Research and Debates: Fracturing Technological Governance across the OSCE Domain and its Political Implications -- Heritage Diplomacy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Balkans: A Soft Practice for Frozen Hardships.