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The rise of China is one of the most important historical developments of today. Once isolated and struggling for survival, the “Middle Kingdom” now is a global superpower. As such, it poses a great challenge for policymakers, as well as social science and policy researchers virtually in every corner of the globe. Increasing diplomatic and economic activity in Central, East and Southeast Europe, including Macedonia in the last few years China has the potential of becoming a significant regional actor and game changer.
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Brexit primarily, as the new EU strategy plans to complete the unfinished eurozone model.
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Following the efforts to enhance Western Balkans (WB) regional cooperation within the Berlin process framework in Trieste, Italy in 2017, the countries from the WB region decided to engage in the creation of a Regional Economic Area, and Regional Investment Reform Agenda (RIRA) which aims to harmonize investment policies among the 6 economies and with the EU best standards and practices.
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Calculation made by Blazheska A., Risteska, M. presented in “The creation of a Regional Investment Reform Agenda in the Western Balkans and its implications for Chinese investments: case study on the Republic of Macedonia”, CRPM 2018 on the basis of different publicly available sources: UNCTAD, IMF, NBRM, Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
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Ana Krstinovska, Marija Risteska, Kristija Aleksovski, Aleksandar Cekov, The Impact of Europeanization on the Balkan Countries and their Potential Shift from the Periphery toward the Center, CRPM and Beijing Foreign Studies University, Center for Balkan Studies (unpublished study).
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Risteska, M. (2023). Openness, Cooperation, and Dialogue with China and Implications for the EU Accession Bid of Macedonia. In: Wang, L. (eds) China's Development and the Construction of the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7423-6_101
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