"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 Republic of China, 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.

Global Signals

Between Modernization and Stability: Strategic Imperatives of China in 2025

China and Azerbaijan's strategic partnership towards a unified logistics and energy system

China-Georgia

China and the South Caucasus: On the Path to Mutually Beneficial Cooperation

Strategic Bridge between East and West: Mission and Achievements of the CCG

Central Asia in Focus: Uzbekistan's Role in the EU-China Strategic Dialogue

WORKSHOP "Building a Global Community of Shared Future and China-Georgia Cooperation"

Stability or tension? The future of US-China relations under Trump

Harvey Dzodin: Cop29 is Azerbaijan’s moment to step into the global sunshine

Wang Huiyao: Transactional Trump may well improve US-China ties

Global Signals

“The Pan-Caucasian Home” in the Architecture of the “Belt and Road”

China and the UK: Between Pragmatism and Bloc Logic

Board of Peace– a new architecture of global governance?

China–United States 2035: Competition without War — The Forecast of Professor Yan Xuetong

Strategic Partnerships and a Transit Hub: Azerbaijan in 2026

Central Asia on the threshold of a new era

Abandoning multilateralism and the risks of neocolonial pressure: the consequences of the US withdrawal from International Institutions

The Renaissance of Central Asia as a Project for Regional Agency

The Water Crisis in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: Between Climate, Geopolitics, and National Interests

The new US strategy and its global implications for the Global South

C5+1 - A reset of regional policy and growing interest in Central Asia

ECO and Georgia are caught between a neutral stance and strategic interests

ECO and Georgia are caught between a neutral stance and strategic interests

Geopolitical sovereignty of the Caucasus: Partnership with China and an Opportunity for the Global South

Reunification of China: Historical Inevitability and the Foundations of International Law

China and Azerbaijan: Geopolitical Prospects for Bilateral Relations in the Economic and Logistics Spheres

Contours of American Influence – Greater Central Asia in the New Superpower Game

The Global South and the New Information Architecture of the World

The Global South and the New Information Architecture of the World

Neocolonialismo de Trump ameaça o Sul Global, aponta pesquisador

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