Eurasia in Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Opportunities and Constraints

... could connect China to the EU and Middle Eastern markets. In 2013, the Chinese President first proposed the idea of building a Silk Road Economic Belt and, in May 2015, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed to investigate the possibility of linking up the ... ... partnership between China and Russia is of prime importance in the military sphere, and the Silk Road in the economic sphere. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is also facing challenges to its future development. The country has succeeded so far in creating stable ...