China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research and editorial board of the Routledge Research in Eurasian Geopolitics book series, warmly congratulate our colleague Dr. Jildiz Nicharapova of the American University of Central Asia on receiving the Matthew Nimetz Award for her outstanding chapter, “The Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia Opportunities and Challenges for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistanin” published in Routledge Handbook of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. This achievement reflects both her scholarly excellence and the the high-quality of the Handbook, which is now available in the libraries of many leading universities.