Selected Books, Chapters, and Articles on China and Eurasia

Books

* Mher D. Sahakyan and Kevin Lo, ed., 2025 Routledge Handbook of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. London: Routledge. (Indexed in Scopus).

Mher Sahakyan, ed., 2024. Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection, Book Citation Index – Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) and Scopus).

*Mher Sahakyan, ed., 2023. China and Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0 Security, Diplomacy, Economy and Cyberspace. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH).

*Mher D. Sahakyan, & Heinz Gärtner, eds., 2021. China and Eurasia: Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH and Scopus).

*Мгер Саакян, 2019. ИнициативаКитая«Одинпояс, одинпуть» и Армения. Ереван: Фонд Совет политических и стратегических исследований “Китай-Евразия”. (Shortlisted by the International Convention of Asia Scholars in Leiden, Netherlands, for its 2021 book prize).

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Articles, Chapters, and Working papers

* Mher D. Sahakyan, 2025. ‘Rebuilding Eurasian Interconnectivity China–Central Asia–West Asia Economic Corridor’, Sahakyan, M. and Lo, K. eds., Routledge Handbook of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. London: Routledge, pp.21-46. (Indexed in Scopus).

*Mher D. Sahakyan and Kevin Lo, 2025. Hotspot geopolitics: Political economy of the Belt and Road Initiative in the South Caucasus. Chinese Political Science Review. 10.1007/s41111-025-00281-7. (Indexed in Web of Science Core, Q1, and Scopus Q1).

*Mher D. Sahakyan, 2024. China’s Digital Silk Road and the Eurasian Economic Union’s Member States: Cooperation, Challenges, and Opportunities. Asian Affairs, 55 (4), pp. 603-622. (Indexed in Web of Science Q2 and Scopus Q2).

*Mher D. Sahakyan and Yuntian Zheng, 2024. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union Cooperation over Competition. Iran and the Caucasus, 28 (3), pp.317–331. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection Q3 and Scopus Q3).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2024. ‘Conclusion The Eurasian Continent is in a Multipolar World Order 2.0 Stage’, in Sahakyan, M., ed., Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations. London: Routledge, pp.469-482. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH and Scopus).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2024. ‘China’s Position on Russo-Ukrainian War in a Multipolar World Order’, in Sahakyan, M, ed., Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations. London: Routledge, pp.29-39. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH and Scopus).

* Mher Sahakyan and Anahit Parzyan, A., 2024. ‘Introduction of Chinese Eurasian Relations’, in Sahakyan, M., ed., Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations. London: Routledge, pp.1-17. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH and Scopus).

* Mher Sahakyan, 2023. ‘Colliding interests in Ukraine, Eurasia, and cyberspace in the era of Multipolar World Order 2.0: Conclusion’, in Sahakyan, M., ed., China and Eurasian powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, diplomacy, economy and cyberspace. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, pp.229-239. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH ).

* Mher Sahakyan, M., 2023. ‘China’s Belt and Road Initiative and South Caucasus in the era of the Ukraine war and Multipolar World Order 2.0’, in Sahakyan, M., ed., China and Eurasian powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, diplomacy, economy and cyberspace. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, pp.105-128. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH ).

* Mher Sahakyan, 2023. ‘Introduction: China, Eurasia, and the Multipolar World Order 2.0’, in Sahakyan, M., ed., China and Eurasian powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, diplomacy, economy and cyberspace. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, pp.1-7. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH ).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2022. ‘China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Central Asia’, in Arase, D. and Amakasu Rapos de Medeiros Carvalho, P., M., eds., The Belt and Road Initiative in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 90-106. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH ).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2022. ‘China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Middle East and Iran’, in Arase, D. and Amakasu Rapos de Medeiros Carvalho, P., M., eds., The Belt and Road Initiative in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, pp. 107-124. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH ).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2022. ‘China’s Policy on the Iranian nuclear issue: cooperation and disagreements with Russia and the United States’, in Keskin, T. and Mahdavi M., eds., Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a “Multiplex World”. Leiden: BRILL, pp.232–241.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2021. “The New Great Power Competition in Central Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for the Gulf.” AGDA Working Paper. Abu Dhabi: Emirates Diplomatic Academy.

* Mher D. Sahakyan, 2021. ‘The Sino–Russian tandem in Eurasia and the changing world order: the dawn of the EAEU and the BRI’s complementary cooperation and development’, in Sahakyan, M. and Gärtner, H., eds., China and Eurasia: Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order. London: Routledge, pp.77–98. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH and Scopus ).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2019. The Iranian Nuclear Issue and China: Sino-Iranian Interactions Within and Beyond the UNSC,” in Gärtner, H., and Shahmoradi, M., eds., Iran in the International System: Between Great Powers and Great Ideas. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, pp.171-194. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection BKCI-SSH).

*Mher Sahakyan, 2017. China’s Policy on the DPRK’s Nuclear Issue: Cooperation and Disagreements with the US and Russia. Moscow University Bulletin. Series 13. Oriental Studies, 1, pp.39-55.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2017. Comparative Analyses of Iran’s and the DPRK’s Nuclear Issues in the UNSC (2006- 2013). Iran and the Caucasus, 22, (2), pp. 230-239. (Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection Q2 and Scopus Q2).

*Мгер Саакян, 2017. Перспективы вовлечения Армении в китайскую инициативу «Один пояс, один путь»«21-й ВЕК», № 4 (45), 2017, 65–76.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2016. China’s reforms to improve its peacekeeping capabilities: China’s Growing role in UNPKO (2000-2013). Moscow University Bulletin. Series 13. Oriental Studies, 1, pp.56-67.

Op-Eds

*Mher Sahakyan, 2023. Multipolar World Order 2.0 and Colliding Interests in Ukraine: Russia, the EU, the US and China. AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong.

* Mher Sahakyan, 2022. The Ukrainian Crises in the Era of Multipolar World Order: NATO, Russia and China. AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2022. The Importance of Creating a Network of Independent Thinkers for Implementing Academic Diplomacy. International Institute for Peace, Vienna.

*Mher Sahakan, 2021, Armenia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Lost Opportunities and Future Prospects 2.0. The Russian International Affairs Council.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2021.Russia’s Greater Eurasian Partnership Strategy: Aims and Prospects. AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2021. Balancing Act: China and Turkey in a Changing World Order. AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong.

* Mher Sahakyan, 2021. The South Caucasus at the Crossroads: Great Powers and Regional Conflict. AsiaGlobal Online, AsiaGlobal Institute, University of Honk Kong.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2021. Iran’s ‘Look to the East Policy’: Pivot Towards China and Eurasian Economic Union. International Institute for Peace, Vienna.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2020. Rebuilding Interconnections: Russia, India and the International North-South Transport Corridor. AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2020. War in the Caucasus: A Perspective from Armenia. International Institute for Peace, Vienna.

*Mher Sahakyan, 2020. Armenian-Azerbaijani Border Clashes Risk a Major Regional War or Nuclear Disaster: Where is the International Community? International Institute for Peace, Vienna.