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      <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 2, Issue 1</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>April-May 2021</Season>
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        <Month>11</Month>
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      <ArticleType>International Relations</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>China and the Balkan Chessboard</ArticleTitle>
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      <FirstPage>14</FirstPage>
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          <FirstName>Balasubramanian</FirstName>
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      <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2021.2109</DOI>
      <Abstract>The Balkan Region has been a region of considerable economic, political, and geostrategic significance for the great powers like the US, formerly USSR (Now Russian Federation), and now even China. China’s influence in the Balkan Region continues to grow rapidly due to its geostrategic location of being positioned between the East and the West. The geo-economic considerations have made, this region a focus for China to extend the Belt and Road Initiative in Europe. As China’s trade policies are intrinsically aligned with its foreign policy objectives, this places China ahead of the race compared with other major powers like the US and Russia. Strategic ambitions place the Balkan region in a state of neo-colonies where major powers are contesting for increased political, economic, social, and cultural influence.</Abstract>
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      <Keywords>Balkan region, BRI, Geo-economics, Geostrategy</Keywords>
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