My own 8,701-word original research paper was accepted for presentation at an international conference on "The "Post" and the "Past" in Central Asia's Future" hosted by the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 14-15 March, 2014.

Download Full Paper – Global Dynamics of the China Dream and Possible Turkish-China Partnership on a Silk Road to Renaissance

The Paper was included as the first presentation in Panel One on Day One of the draft Conference Program.

Download Conference Program – Cambridge University

My PowerPoint presentation can be accessed below.

Download Post and the Past Conference Presentation

However, in the end, owing to a last-minute overriding commitment in Hong Kong, I was unable to attend and present the Paper at the Conference. 

A drastically-abridged version with input from Dr Riza Kadilar was published as a Joint Paper in the Summer 2013 Turkish Policy Quarterly, an Istanbul-based premier Turkish policy research publication. Click here