China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a Global Context

1. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities along the Belt and Road; Jawad Syed and Yung-Hsiang Ying.- 2. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility; Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad.- 3. The Changing Asian Perception of China's Rising: A BRI Context; Zhenqing Zheng.- 4. From Central Asia to the World: China's Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity; Hasan H. Karrar.- 5. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia; Nazish Afraz and Hasaan Khawar.- 6. China's Investment in BRI Countries: An Industrial Perspective; Chris Y. Tung and Fang-I Wen.- 7. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration following the BRI;&nbsp;Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii and Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani.- 8.&nbsp;The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-people Bonds;&nbsp;Isabel Rechberg and Shuojia Guo.- 9.&nbsp;The Chinese Vision of BRI and its Effects on Turkey andWest Asia; Mustafa Yildiran.- 10. China in Africa;&nbsp;Rabbiya Kamal and Omair Haroon.<div><div><div> </div> </div> </div>