Sources for this episode include the following:
- Julie T. Miao in “Understanding the soft power of China’s Belt and Road Initiative through a discourse analysis in Europe” from Regional Studies, Regional Science
- Anna Cooban in “Europe unveils its $340 billion answer to China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative” from CNN Business
- The Erasmus Student Network in “Erasmus+ Programme”
- The European Union in “European Commission”
- Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett in ” The Belt and Road Initiative: Forcing Europe to Reckon with China?” from the Council on Foreign Relations
- Sebastian Seibt in “With its ‘Global Gateway’, EU tries to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative” from France24
- Girogio Prodi and Enrico Fardella in “The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impact on Europe” from Russia in Global Affairs
- Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Arcadio A. Cerda, Yansui Liu, Leidy Garcia, Yuriy Timofeyev, Kristijan Krstic, and John Fontanesi in “Sustainability Challenge of Eastern Europe–Historical Legacy, Belt and Road Initiative, Population Aging and Migration” from Sustainability