No. 111: China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative and the South Caucasus

Author(s): Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, Rezo Beradze, Giorgi Khishtovani, Evelina Gambino, Susanne Fehlings
Series Editor(s): Franziska (Special Editor) Smolnik, Lusine Badalyan, Bruno De Cordier, Farid Guliyev, Diana Lezhava, Lili Di Puppo, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Abel Polese, Licínia Simão, Koba Turmanidze
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC-Georgia); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2019

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest discusses the impact of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the South Caucasus. In the first contribution to this special issue, Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, Rezo Beradze and Giorgi Khishtovani provide a concise overview of how relations between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and China have advanced against the background of the BRI. Secondly, Evelina Gambino examines the development of transit infrastructure in Georgia and its relevance to the entire region. Thirdly, Susanne Fehlings focuses on people-to-people contacts between Georgian and Chinese individuals in light of their governments’ BRI cooperation.

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