China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), Beijing China Institute for the Study of Indo-Pak Relations, University of Leicester, UK China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing China Arab Thought Forum (ATF), Amman Jordan Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), Shanghai China Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies, Tashkent Uzbekistan Romanian Institute for European-Asian Studies (IRSEA), Bucharest Romania Willy Brandt School of Public Policy Erfurt University, Erfurt Germany Institute for World Economy and Politics, Astana Kazakhstan Center for Political Studies (CPS), Tashkent Uzbekistan The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul Republic of Korea Centre for Strategic Studies (SAM), Baku Azerbaijan Turkish Asian Strategic Research Centre (TASAM), Istanbul Turkey Xinjiang Association for International Friendly Contact (XAIFC), Xinjiang China Nepal Council of World Affairs (NCWA), Kathmandu, Nepal European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), Brussels, Belgium Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) Yangon, Myanmar Ce.S.I. Centre for International Studies, Roma, Italy Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pakistan Study Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran, Iran Future Directions International (FDI), Nedlands, Australia Sofia Security Forum, Sofia Bulgaria China Centre for Special Economic Zone Research (CCSEZR) Shenzhen University; The Belt and Road Research Institute (Shenzhen) for International Cooperation and Development (BRRIICD); Guangdong Province, China