Jeremy Garlick is the director of the Jan Masaryk Centre of International Studies and a member of the Centre for Asian Studies, the research centres of the Faculty of International Relations. He is also a member of the Department of International and Diplomatic Studies. He specialises in China’s international relations and international relations theory. He has published impact articles on a diverse range of topics, including China’s economic diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe, and China’s regionalising foreign policy in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. His book, The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: From Asia to Europe, was published by Routledge in 2019, and for which he received the VŠE Rector’s Award for a prestigious publication. In 2021, Routledge published another book entitled “Reconfiguring the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Geo-Economic Pipe Dreams Versus Geopolitical Realities,” which examines the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Dr Garlick has lectured for three decades at institutes of higher education in Asia and Europe. He also actively participates in international conferences, workshops and professional seminars.