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"The Great Silk Road", Center of Expert Analysis

"The Great Silk Road" Center of Expert Analysis (GSR) is an independent center of expertise. The Centre of Expert Analysis provides in-depth analysis of the forces shaping the policies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the People’s Republic of China, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Turkey, the Russian Federation, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States on the East-West and North-South trade corridors, as well as political and economic recommendations that authoritatively inform and significantly shape the debate in these countries.

The purpose of the GSR is to provide a platform for expert cooperation to increase awareness, understanding, and knowledge of the countries along the Renewed Silk Road and its global implications, and to promote collaboration for the sustainable development of all countries along the Renewed Silk Road and the coherent development of the East-West and North-South Corridor countries in a global context. GSR topics include financial and political climate change and its implications, resources, logistics, energy corridors and economic cooperation, policy-making, and legislation in the countries.

Trade&Investments

Tariff timeout - why does the US need a truce with China if it does not want peace?

Supply Chains Under Fire and the US Attempt to Reshape the World Economy

Trump's decision could reshape the global economy: Prolonged trade war looms

Georgia and Uzbekistan: Partnership for the Development of the Middle Corridor and Access to the Black Sea

A critical analysis of the potential for Arab investments in the Middle Corridor, with specific reference to the Gulf Cooperation Council

Türkiye, China and the European Union: the struggle for logistics markets, Greek shipowners and the game-changing middle corridor

Global Cities of the Middle Corridor

Turkey was Georgia's largest trading partner in 2023, with a trade turnover of $2.98bn

The volume of container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has increased 14-fold

Global Signals

Xi Jinping on the Future of BRICS: The Third "Golden Decade" and a Multipolar World

From Bishkek to New Delhi: China and the Shaping of a New Global South Architecture

The Human Dimension of the SCO: The Long-Term Logic of China's Approach

From Development to Global Governance: China's Systemic Vision within the SCO

Xi Jinping's New Security Concept and the Future of the SCO

SCO and the Belt and Road Initiative as a New Architecture of Eurasian Cooperation

Xi Jinping — The New Role of the SCO in a Changing World

The Union of Baku and Tashkent Changes the Architecture of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

China's Environmental Code: From Xi Jinping's Vision to a New Model of Global Environmental Governance

How the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway is Transforming the Economic Map of the Continent

The South Caucasus Between American Geopolitics and Chinese Economic Integration

The Third Attempt: Why the Anaklia Port is Destined for Success This Time

The South Caucasus Network of Special Economic Zones: A Model for Regional Economic Integration

While the world looks the other way, a new Eurasia is being born

From Termez to the Black Sea. Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as Architects of New Eurasian Connectivity

Does the competition for the development of the Middle Corridor strengthen the role of the European Union in the South Caucasus?

The Invisible Foundation of Eurasia, or Why the Demographics of the Caucasus Will Determine the Fate of the Middle Corridor

Is the Great Game 2.0 starting in the South Caucasus?

Zhou Qian, Chinese Ambassador to Georgia: "China respects the sovereignty and the right of every country to independently determine its own foreign policy."

Central Asia and the South Caucasus Gradually Forming a Unified Space of Strategic Partnership

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