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This research report studies opportunities for Turkey and Armenia in view of emerging opportunities for regional economic integration. Armenia and Turkey are the main foci of our research; field trips have also been conducted in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan. In particular, our research focuses on economic corridors crisscrossing the region, singling out the Trans-Caspian Corridor or as Turkey calls it, the Middle Corridor, encompassing the countries studied.

Intro -- CHINA, TAIWAN AND THE EVOLUTION OF "ONE CHINA" POLICY -- CHINA, TAIWAN AND THE EVOLUTION OF "ONE CHINA" POLICY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHINA/TAIWAN: EVOLUTION OF THE "ONE CHINA" POLICY - KEY STATEMENTS FROM WASHINGTON, BEIJING, AND TAIPEI* -- Summary -- Part I: U.S. Policy on "One China" -- Congressional Concerns -- Key Statements and Ambiguity -- Changed Context -- Definitions -- Unsettled Status -- Peaceful Settlement -- Has U.S. Policy Changed? -- Issue Area 1: Sovereignty -- Clinton's Three Noes -- Bush on Taiwan's Independence, Referendums, Constitution -- Visits (or Transits) by Taiwan's President -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- Select Legislation (Enacted by Congress) -- Issue Area 2: Use of Force -- Three Ifs -- Commitment to Help Taiwan's Self-Defense -- Arms Sales and Military Relationship -- Select Legislation (Enacted by Congress)63 -- Issue Area 3: Dialogue -- Urging Cross-Strait Dialogue -- Three Pillars and "Assent" of Taiwan's People -- Bush Administration's Re-emphasis of the "Six Assurances" -- Obama Administration and Convergence on "Peaceful Development" -- Select Legislation (Enacted by Congress) -- Overview of Policy Issues -- Part II: Highlights of Key Statements by Washington, Beijing, and Taipei -- Statements During Nixon Administration -- Kissinger's Secret Talks with PRC Premier Zhou Enlai77 -- Nixon's "Five Principles" in Secret Talks with Zhou Enlai -- Nixon on Withdrawing U.S. Military Forces from Taiwan -- U.S.-PRC Joint Communique (Shanghai Communique) -- Mao Zedong on Use of Force83 -- Statements During Ford Administration -- President Ford's Address to a Joint Session of Congress84 -- Statements During Carter Administration -- U.S. Statement on Diplomatic Recognition of the PRC85 -- PRC Statement on Establishing China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations87

The Belt and Road Initiative is a cross-border economic belt initiated and led by the Chinese government in 2013. Its scope covers the history of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road through China, Central Asia, North and West Asia, the Indian Ocean coast, the Mediterranean coast countries and regions. The country and region covered by the initiative are vast, and the impact is therefore enormous. This thesis uses geopolitical theory and methods to study the traditional Chinese geopolitical ideology, the development of the initiative, geostrategic at-tempts, geopolitical influences and risks proposed by One Belt and Road Initiative develop-ment strategy.

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This open access book provokes critical thinking regarding the most ambitious Chinese project since the founding of the People's Republic of China, The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book presents extensive quality research and original insights in assessing the status of China's outbound investment and construction projects under the BRI umbrella. Referring to case studies and projects of selected countries from Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the author sheds new light on the issues and problems associated with the BRI's implementation and discusses both the readjustments and prospects for the BRI. Finally, this book demarcates the limits and potential of the world's second largest economy in pushing for the BRI, which is challenged by enormous domestic tensions and external pressures. It also identifies and analyzes potential new collaboration areas between the Belt and Road countries and China under the BRI framework in the context of the post-COVID-19 era. It provides an outstanding reference for academics, students, policymakers, and the business community working in areas of international affairs and Asian economics and development, particularly those interested in Sino-relations and Chinese power dynamics in the global world order.