Jacob Mardell

Former Research Fellow

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Jacob Mardell

Former Research Fellow

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The Great Stone Industrial Park outsite Minsk

Big, empty, but full of promise? The Great Stone industrial park in Minsk

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Apr 29, 2019

The first direct freight train running from Britain to China arrives at Yiwu West Station in Yiwu city, east China's Zhejiang province, 29 April 2017.

EU-China rail freight: Trade infrastructure investment or propaganda tool?

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Apr 15, 2019

Exploring the physical reality of the "Belt and Road"

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Apr 02, 2019

The Bar-Boljare Highway linking Montenegro’s Adriatic coast to Serbia is built with a Chinese loan. The ambitious project has added fuel to the debate about debt risks associated with the BRI.

Traveling 60,000 kilometers across China’s Belt and Road

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Feb 12, 2019

After 46 years of strategic partnership between China and Pakistan, there is little reason to doubt either side’s commitment to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The BRI in Pakistan: Too big to fail

Jacob Mardell

Thomas S. Eder

Comment

Sep 20, 2018

Beijing’s understanding of development assistance is fundamentally different from that of OECD countries.

Development coordination: Foreign aid with Chinese characteristics

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Aug 07, 2018

Belt and Road reality check: How to assess China’s investment in Eastern Europe

Thomas S. Eder

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Jul 10, 2018

Responding to China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Two steps for a European strategy

Jacob Mardell

Tatjana Romig

Viking Bohman

Comment

Jun 26, 2018

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The BRI and the war in Ukraine, with Francesca Ghiretti and Jacob Mardell

Podcast

May 27, 2022

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Jacob Mardell

All articles by Jacob Mardell

Big, empty, but full of promise? The Great Stone industrial park in Minsk

EU-China rail freight: Trade infrastructure investment or propaganda tool?

Exploring the physical reality of the "Belt and Road"

Traveling 60,000 kilometers across China’s Belt and Road

The BRI in Pakistan: Too big to fail

Development coordination: Foreign aid with Chinese characteristics

Belt and Road reality check: How to assess China’s investment in Eastern Europe

Responding to China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Two steps for a European strategy

All podcasts with Jacob Mardell

The BRI and the war in Ukraine, with Francesca Ghiretti and Jacob Mardell

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