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The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative has produced a flurry of activities both in the countries of the South Caucasus and in Russia. While mostly analyzed through the lens of geo-politics and geo-economics, there is new research emerging that represents more sophisticated approaches from a variety of social science disciplines. This volume, based on the AESC Annual Convention in December 2020, collects a sample of critical voices to study the effects of infrastructure projects on local livelihoods, on sustainable and environmentally sound development, transparency, and inclusiveness.

This book examines the EU integration experience of southeastern Europe as a tool-box for the European Neighborhood Policy, in particular for the proposed association of Moldova and the countries of the South Caucasus. Although EU accession and EU association are distinctly different concepts, the book defines a number of signature issues and lessons learned from the EU integration of southeastern Europe, and it provide a rich background for the policy choices that Moldova and the countries of the South Caucasus are facing. (Series: Grazer Contributions to the Law of the Countries in Southeast Europe and the European Integration / Grazer Beitrage zum Recht der Lander Sudosteuropas und der Europaischen Integration - Vol. 4) [Subject: European Studies, Politics]