Issue 18 | June 2018

A Special Feature on Europe-China Relations.
Research
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“16+1: The EU’s concerns of a Chinese ‘Trojan Horse'” by Eamonn Butler
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“Controversies and Contradictions About Chinese Investments in Europe” by Jan Knoerich and Simon Vitting
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“Roads, Belts, and Connectivities: Chinese Silk Road Projects in New Perspective” by Madeleine Herren
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“Belt and Road Initiative in Europe: Reaching Beyond Asia” by Xinghua Liu
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“A ‘Critical’ Dialogue?’ Taking Stock of Europe’s Human Rights Dialogue with China” by Andreas Boje Forsby
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“Cap Setting and Strict Compliance Enforcement Will be Critical for Chinese Emissions Trading Scheme” by Patrick Bayer
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“The EU and China: Prospects of Cooperation on Climate and Energy” by Alexandra-Maria Bocse
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“The Politics of European Studies in China: Scientific Arguments for the Party and the State?” by Ralph Weber and Silvana Tarlea
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“Central Asia in the Age of Connectivity” by Alberto Turkstra
Visual Art
Interviews
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“China Engaging Europe: An Interview with Odd Arne Westard” by Sherman Teichman
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“Fast Fashion, Transnational Ties, and Encounter Ethnography in Italy: An Interview with Elizabeth L. Krause” by Kelly McKowen
Campus Spotlight: University of Glasgow
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“The Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School: An Interview with Richard Berry” by Lara Davis and Eamonn Butler
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Syllabus: The Geopolitics of Central Europe by Eamonn Butler
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Syllabus: The International Politics of Post-Soviet Central Asia by Luca Anceschi
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Syllabus: Comparative European Politics by Thomas Lundberg
Poetry
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Excerpt from The Shutters by Ahmed Bouanani, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan
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Three poems from The Exeter Book, translated from Old English by Gnaomi Siemens
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Three poems by Lorenzo Carlucci, translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz
Fiction
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Excerpt from The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
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Excerpt from Geography of Rebels by Maria Gabriela Llansol, translated from the Portuguese by Audrey Young
Reviews
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Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky by Kevin Bartig, reviewed by Jamie Blake
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Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging by Naomi Leite, reviewed by Brandon Hunter
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The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance by Julian Garritzmann, reviewed by Scott Smith
Editor’s Pick
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Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan by Artemy M. Kalinovsky
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Escape from Vichy: The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean by Eric T. Jennings
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Los olvidados de los olvidados: Un siglo y medio de anarquismo en España by Carlos Taibo