...Rania Soliman Saadeldin; Dalal Mahmoud Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the geopolitical competition between China and India over securing energy supplies from Central Asia, and to assess the strategic significance of this rivalry within the broader context of regional and global...

.... Using the recently compiled index on social unrest (RSUI) of Barrett et al. (2020), the paper sets out to examine the nexus between economic growth and social unrest in the case of 29 Middle East and Central Asia countries over the period 2000–2018. Design/methodology/approach To probe...