Part I: Security Architecture in Eurasia: Speaking together: Regular Interaction and State Cooperation with OSCE Bodies.- The Impact of Development Aid on Democratic Progress, Economic Development and Corruption in the OSCE Area.- Placing the OSCE within the Eurasian Regional Integration Trends.- Population-based Study of the Eurasian Integration: Assessing the Anti-Eurasian Sentiment in Kazakhstan.- Development Aid in Central Asia: A ''Chessboard'' for Great Powers?.- The Afghan Crisis: A Chance to Strengthen Russia''s Security Influence in Central Asia.- Main Securitizing and De-securitizing Actors of the OSCE Debate in the Western Balkan Region.- The Russian Policy in the Western Balkans.- Social Security of the States with Limited Recognition: The Case Study of the Republic of Kosovo.- New Opportunities for Peace and Cooperation in the South Caucasus.- Women''s Transformative Power in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict.- Legislating Gender Equality in Kyrgyzstan: Women''s Rights, Neo-Traditionalism and the OSCE.- Ending Gender-Based Violence in Kyrgyzstan: reflections on the Spotlight Initiative.- From Social Media To Social Change Online Platforms'' Impact On Kazakhstan''s Feminist And Civil Activisms.- The political impact of teahouse culture in Central Asia.- Part II: Special Section - China''s Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or a Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?: China''s Belt and Road Initiative: Curse or Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?.- An Overview of China''s Belt and Road Initiative and its Development since 2013.-  Official Visions of Democracy in Xi Jinping''s China.- Varieties of Authoritarianism in Eurasia.- The Belt and Road Initiative and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Asia.- A Sceptical Neighbor: Perceptions of Chinese Investments in Kyrgyzstan.- Opportunities and Risks of the Belt and Road Initiative in Ukraine.-  Chinese Linkage and Democracy in Pakistan.- Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative.- The Belt and Road Initiative and Autocracy Promotion as Elements of China''s Grand Strategy.- Glocal Governance and Anocratic States along the BRI.- Part III: Future Research and Debates: Fracturing Technological Governance across the OSCE Domain and its Political Implications.- Heritage Diplomacy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Balkans: A Soft Practice for Frozen Hardships.