Jacob MardellSep 5, 20194 minA Bridge Bid Too Good To Be True (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal A Chinese firm won a bid to build a bridge meant to “safeguard Croatia’s territorial integr...
Jacob MardellAug 29, 20192 minPostcard from the New Silk Road: Another Belt and Road Port? (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally Published on Berlin Policy Journal Planned as a Euro-Atlantic project, a new deep-sea harbor in Anaklia on the Georgian Black ...
Jacob MardellJul 27, 20195 minAcropolis tourists and Piraeus developmentA version of this article was originally published on the MERICS blog You find two types of Chinese immigrant in Athens. The first type a...
Jacob MardellJun 27, 20192 minPostcard from the New Silk Road: A Highway to Nowhere (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal Eating hot pot in the North Macedonian mountains, a group of Sinohydro workers is roughing ...
Jacob MardellJun 27, 20196 minA Road that Divides as Much as It Connects (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on the Berlin Policy Journal The Bar-Boljare highway in Montenegro is being built by a Chinese company and financed w...
Jacob MardellJun 25, 20194 minBrussels makes way for Beijing in the Balkans (Politico)Originally published on Politico.eu PODGORICA, Montenegro — The European Union’s decision to postpone membership talks with Albania and N...
Jacob MardellMay 16, 20195 minFilling a Vacuum (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/filling-a-vacuum/ Serbia is the epicenter of Chinese engage...
Jacob MardellMay 1, 20191 minChina’s Belt and Road Partners Aren’t Fools (Foreign Policy)Excerpt from article originally published on Foreign Policy - continue reading here https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jacob-mardell/ Boja...
Jacob MardellApr 29, 20192 minPostcard from the New Silk Road: Happy Commuters (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal website https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/postcard-from-the-new-silk-road-happy-commuters/ Mi...
Jacob MardellApr 24, 20196 minBig, Empty, But Full of Promise? (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/big-empty-but-full-of-promise/ The Great Stone industrial p...
Jacob MardellApr 10, 20195 minTrade Infrastructure Investment or Propaganda Tool? (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on Berlin Policy Journal https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/trade-infrastructure-investment-or-propaganda-tool/ Subsidi...
Jacob MardellMar 27, 20194 minExploring the Physical Reality (Berlin Policy Journal)Originally published on the Berlin Policy Journal website. https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/on-the-new-silk-road-1-2/ Jacob Mardell has em...
Jacob MardellOct 20, 20186 minTraveling 60,000 KM Across China’s Belt and Road This article was originally published on the CSIS Reconnecting Asia analysis page. There has been plenty of ink spilled on the subject of...
Axel DesseinSep 3, 20185 minBook Review: ‘War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft,’ by Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer “War is the continuation of politics by other means” – Clausewitz, On War Published in 2016, this book by Robert D. Blackwill and Jennife...
Jacob MardellAug 17, 20184 minForeign Aid With Chinese CharacteristicsThis article was originally published in The Diplomat as part of a six-part blog series on China’s foreign policy leadership, institution...
Axel DesseinAug 10, 20184 minBook: ‘Der Lange Marsch 2.0 Chinas Neue Seidenstraßen als Entwicklungsmodell,’ by Uwe HoeringYesterday Shenzhen to Xinjiang, today Central and Southeast Asia, where to on the morrow? This timely book touches upon the many and dive...
Jacob MardellJun 30, 20184 minTwo Academics: The emergence of a bi-polar world orderToday I present the ideas of two scholars, one Chinese and one American. I think the two pieces fit well together, not just because Aaron...
Jacob MardellJun 28, 201812 minAn Interview with Jonathan Hillman Jonathan Hillman on the challenges facing the Belt and Road – we talk Asia’s needs, BRI’s branding, and how other actors should respond t...
Jacob MardellJun 3, 20183 minWill Beijing welcome Iran into its big Eurasian family? Something I haven’t seen reported much in English language media: During the Astana Economic Forum (17-19th May), China signed an economi...
Jacob MardellMay 14, 201813 minAn Interview with RWR Advisory's Andrew Davenport Andrew Davenport offers a fantastic definition of the Belt and Road, explains how RWR Advisory goes about gathering data, and talks about...