China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Potential Transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

PMC Research is writing a chapter in a book entitled “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Potential Transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus” under the Emerging Markets Forum project on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The chapter has been given the following title: “The Belt and Road Initiative in the South Caucasus.”

The aim of the project is to study the impact of the BRI on the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus (CASC) and to ascertain how these countries individually, and through regional cooperative efforts, can maximize the benefits of the BRI and manage any potential risks.

The chapter on the BRI in the South Caucasus covers the following topics:

• South Caucasus region: overview;
• The BRI in the South Caucasus region: current involvement;
• Infrastructure connectivity;
• Trade facilitation: China’s trade relations in the South Caucasus region;
• Financial integration: FDI in the South Caucasus region;
• Policy coordination;
• The BRI and the South Caucasus: future outcomes and potential impacts;
• Risks along the BRI;
• Recommendations.