2022 Issue 1 Table of Contents (No.8) Ukrainian Crisis and the Small States’ Security Issues in Eurasia Shi Jing After the Opening of China-Laos Railway: The Situation and Prospects of China-Thailand Railway Li Yuqing Will Economic Empowerment Be Jeopardised by Rising Exportation? Evidence from Argentine Agricultural Sector Yuan Mengqi How China-Africa Infrastructure Cooperation Is Achieved: Case Study on Uganda’s Isimba Hydropower Project Xiao Qijia The Decline of Karisma: An Analysis of the July 11th Protest and the Governance Dilemma of Cuba Tang Yongyan Between China and the US: Balancing Strategy of Gulf Monarchies Wang Tingyi When Special Economic Zones Are Special: Transition and Outlook for SEZs in South Africa Yang Chongsheng