International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)[1] from Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses developments in the Middle East, Balkans and around the world. Dr. Masahiro Matsumura, Professor of International Politics and National Security, Faculty of Law, St. Andrew's University (Momoyama Gakuin Daigaku) and Member of IFIMES Council prepared an article entitled “The complete end of China’s “Reform and Open-Door Policy” as a protracted NEP: a warning against optimism”. In his text he writes about geopolitical and geoeconomic significance of China’s on-going economic bubble burst in the context of the start and end of “Reform and Open-Door Policy.” The article is published in its entirety.
