China & World Economy Volume 25 Number 5 September–October 2017
Contents
Special Issue: Eurasian Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Editors’ Words: I ntroduction to the Special Issue
Giovanni B. Andornino, Giorgio Prodi 1
The Belt and Road Initiative in China’s Emerging Grand Strategy of Connective Leadership
Giovanni B. Andornino 4
“Crossing the River by Feeling the Gold”: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Financial Support to the Belt and Road Initiative
Giuseppe Gabusi 23
Iran–China Cooperation in the Silk Road Economic Belt: From Strategic Understanding to Operational Understanding
Mohsen Shariatinia, Hamidreza Azizi 46
Russia’s Vision of the Belt and Road Initiative: From the Rivalry of the Great Powers to Forging a New Cooperation Model in Eurasia
Ivan Timofeev, Yaroslav Lissovolik, Liudmila Filippova 62
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Perspectives from India
Jabin T. Jacob 78
China’s Engagement with the Sixteen Countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe under the Belt and Road Initiative
Anastas Vangeli 101
The Belt and Road Initiative Impact on Europe: An Italian Perspective
Enrico Fardella, Giorgio Prodi 125