Geo-economic and Geopolitical Implications
The book examines the transformation of value chains and its geo-economic and geopolitical effects on the transport and logistics systems of continental Eurasia. It specifically highlights the implications for countries within the Eurasian Economic Union, exploring how these changes influence regional integration and economic dynamics.
Jacopo Maria Pepe examines the rapid development of non-energy transport infrastructure in the broader Eurasian space. By doing so, the author considers the ongoing structural transformation of the Eurasian continent against the backdrop of deepening commercial interconnectivity in Eurasia into broader areas of trade, supported by the rapid development of rail connectivity. He frames this process in a long-wave historical analysis and considers in detail the geopolitical, geo-economic, and theoretical implications of deepening physical connectivity for the relationships among China, Russia, Central Asia, and the European Union.