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& Road Initiative; Alan Chong,
Quang Minh Pham (ed.); Palgrave Macmillan; 2020
This book provides insights into China's Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) from Asia Pacific and the Middle East. It offers critical perspectives
from various directions, not excluding historical investigations, human
geography approaches and neo-Marxist inclinations.
Initiative (BRI) represents one of the biggest geopolitical visions since the Cold
War and offers the possibilities of an intercontinental vision of Aid politics, along
with prospects for pan-Asianism. By and large, any geopolitical vision that
purports to foster inter-regional dialogue and materialist development of
peoples and economies is bound to have its flaws. The Belt and Road Initiative
bears hallmarks of the socio-political tradition of Chinese authoritarian
infrastructure politics while also offering a possible alternative to the so-called
democracy.
; S.
Mahmud Ali; Springer; 2020
This book examines the evolution and major elements of
-and-Road Initiative (BRI), a trillion-dollar project for the revival and
refinement of ancient terrestrial and maritime trade routes. The author analyses
the foreign policy and economic strategy behind the initiative as well as the
geoeconomic and geopolitical impact on the region. Furthermore, he assesses
whether the BRI has to be considered as a challenge to the US-led order, leading
to a Sinocentric order in the 21st century. Offering two case studies on the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
(MSR), the book reveals the drivers motivating China and its partners in executing
BRI projects, such as security of commodity-shipments, energy supplies, and
explores trade volumes as well as the anxiety these trigger among critics. The book
juxtaposes these to non-Chinese, specifically multilateral institutional and
-processes. It also identifies the role of
combined Chinese-foreign stimuli in generating the policy priorities precipitating the BRI vision, and the
Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative; Jean A. Berlie
(ed.); Palgrave Macmillan; 2020
This book explains the importance of globalization and the
Belt and Road Initiative, which is one of the essential projects of President Xi
Jinping, and where China fits on the global arena. Additionally, the contributors
Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Hong Kong, and Macao. This edited volume
will interest scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of Asian studies,
globalization, political science, and Chinese politics.The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative:
Concept, Context and Assessment; Siegfried O. Wolf; Springer; 2020
This book focuses on the implementation of the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure
development project intended to connect Asia with Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. By introducing a new analytical approach to the study of economic
corridors, it gauges the anticipated economic and geopolitical impacts on the
region and discusses whether the CPEC will serve as a pioneer project for future
regional cooperation between and integration of sub-national regions such as
Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and
Gilgit-Baltistan. Further, it explores the interests, expectations and policy
approaches of both Chinese and Pakistani local and central governments with
implementation. Given its scope, the book will appeal to
regional and spatial sciences scholars, as well as social scientists interested in the
regional impacts of economic corridors. It also offers valuable information for policymakers in countries
participating in the Belt-and-Road Initiative or other Chinese-supported development projects.
Dispute Resolution Mechanism for the Belt and Road Initiative; Guiguo
Wang, Yuk-Lun Lee, Mei-Fun Leung; Springer; 2020
This book examines resolution of the disputes among the
parties to the Belt and Road economic cooperation. To address the related issues,
the International Academy of the Belt and Road gathered about 50 experts from
over 30 Belt and Road countries and regions to formulate a dispute resolution
mechanism for the Belt and Road Initiative by taking into account the legal
systems, legal environment, legal history, tradition and cultural characteristics of
the countries and regions concerned. The dispute resolution mechanism jointly
presented advocates mediation as the primary means for resolving disputes. Only
when mediation could not result in a fruitful solution would arbitration be
employed. In case of investor-state arbitration, the mechanism indicates that it
should be conducted transparently to meet the expectation of accountability of
the host state. It also has a built-in appeal procedure for investor-state arbitration.
This hands-on book offers detailed explanations of the mediation rules, arbitration rules and appeal procedures.
On the one hand, this mechanism embodies the integration of the cultures, traditions, legal systems, legal values
and legal thoughts of the Belt and Road countries and regions. On the other hand, it highlights the importance
of mediation, which is part of the Chinese and other oriental cultures and reflects the trend of the contemporary
world. The dispute resolution mechanism established in this book will not only contribute to the development of
the Belt and Road Initiative but also the world dispute settlement enterprise as a whole.
Discontents; Srikanth Thaliyakkattil; Palgrave Macmillan; 2019
This book analyses Chinese discourse on Indian attitudes
towards the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), and argues that the Indian discourse is
becoming one of the biggest hurdles to China creating its own narrative about
power struggle between China and US, China and India, the Chinese perception
of India, China-South Asia relations, the China-US- India triangle of power and
the success and failures of BRI. The first part of the book focuses on the Chinese
thinking behind the launch of the BRI and addresses questions related to the
superpower. Subsequently the book addresses how effective or ineffectiveBelt and Road Initiative: A Route
to More Sustainable Economic Growth; Piotr
Linden; Palgrave Pivot; 2019
This book systematically discusses the contribution of the
advanced economic and financial system after more than five years. From a
historical perspective, it explains to what extent the BRI plan is effective enough
to help China bounce back from its economic slowdown and the financial
implications in a policy trilemma context. Further, it investigates both the
rationale of the BRI and its pitfalls, focusing on the various options for financing
the project based on the Mundell & Fleming model. The book also analyses the
model. Lastly, it reviews the financial stability issues concerning liberalization policies in China.
China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and Southeast Asia: Dilemmas,
Doubts, and Determination; Jean-Marc F. Blanchard (ed.); Palgrave
Macmillan; 2019
This book delves into the political-
Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), part of the larger Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), with a focus on Southeast Asia (SEA). It represents the second in a three-
countries such as Indonesia and Myanmar, highlights the international and
domestic economic and political factors that shape indi
individual SEA countries such as Cambodia and Malaysia. It also contemplates
the role of third parties such as India and the United States on the behaviors of
SEA countries and the implementation of the MSRI. It shows the MSRI is neither
; Li Xing (ed.); Palgrave
Macmillan; 2019
This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will
-political and geo-economic environment, with
opportunities the OBOR can offer them in light of the constraints they face,
paying particular attention to how security issues may keep some nations from
fully participating. Questions are also asked about the tension and conflict
tumultuous regions, as well as the much disputed South China Sea. Finally,
when the OBOR inevitably brings about capital and resource competitions.The Theoretical System of Belt and Road Initiative; Haoguang Liang,
Yaojun Zhang; Springer; 2019
This book, combining history and reality, theory and practice,
is devoted to establishing a theoretical system on the Belt and Road Initiative by
analyzing 24 related major questions , such as a community with a shared future
for mankind, Green Silk Road, Digital Belt and Road, the Arctic Channel,
Geographic Space, financial innovation, energy cooperation, language planning
and discourse power of think tanks. This book proposes relevant theoretical
frameworks and suggestions to provide intellectual support for the development
of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative: Key Concepts; Huping Shang; Springer;
2019
including what it is, what it aims to do, what it can do and how. This book can
serve as a helpful resource for the general public, it can improve their
its relative economics, policy,
culture and so on. Also, this book is good reading for academics, as well as
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cooperation. Conforming to the principles of peace and cooperation, openness
and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit, it stipulates policy
coordination, facilitates connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and
people-to-people bonds as the five major contents, and promotes practical
cooperation in all fields. It also works to build an open and win-win regional
community featuring mutual political trust, economic integration and cultural inclusiveness.
;
Gerald Chan; Edward Elgar; 2018
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infrastructure diplomacy? How do they relate to
Belt and Road Initiative? Can China finance the numerous projects around the
world under the initiative? This book assesses the important implications of
a new
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a leading role in promoting growth and building connections across Eurasia and
beyond.Trade Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative: Economic Logic, Value
Choices and Institutional Arrangement; GeDawei Cheng; Routledge; 2018
This book looks at the rationale behind the Belt and Road
Initiative by China, and attempts to explain the motivation from economical and
historical perspectives. The book also compares trade governance of China with
those of the United Kingdom and United States, and analyzes the value
construction and promotion process of Chinese trade governance.
The Belt Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998
2018; Min Ye; Cambridge University Press; 2020
From 1998 to 2018, China had three political-economic crises,
resulting in bureaucratic paralysis. It was at such junctures that China's leadership
launched initiatives, like the Western Development Program, that mobilized state
and market actors to expedite globalization and revive economic growth. In The
Belt Road and Beyond, Min Ye reevaluates the common tendency to attribute
China's Belt and Road to individual leaders' strategic ambitions, using state-
mobilized globalization as a comparative framework and investigative tool to
understand Chinese capitalism. State-mobilized globalization has helped sustain
China's high-growth economy and social-political stability, while also sparking
some political backlash. In order to succeed in globalization, the author argues,
China's state mobilization must readapt to global circumstances. She sheds light
on the tactics China used to spring from a crisis-stricken middle economy to a formidable global power,
implicating not only China, but also the world.
International Governance and the Rule of Law in China under the Belt
and Road Initiative; Yun Zhao (ed.); Cambridge University Press; 2018
This edited volume aims at examining China's role in the field
of international governance and the rule of law under the Belt and Road Initiative
from a holistic manner. It seeks alternative analytical frameworks that not only
take into account legal ideologies and legal ideals, but also local demand and
socio-political circumstances, to explain and understand China's legal
interactions with countries along the Road, so that more useful insights can be
produced in predicting and analysing China's as well as other emerging Asian
countries' legal future. Authors from Germany, Korea, Singapore, Mainland
China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have contributed to this edited volume, which
produces academic dialogues and conducts intellectual exchanges in specific
sub-themes.;
Wei Liu (ed.); Springer; 2018
This book presents the series of lectures on the "Belt and Road
Initiatives" from the Guang Ming Forum organized by Guang Ming Daily. Co-
authored by Ge Jianxiong, Hu Angang, Lin Yifu, Qiao Liang and nine
other respected scholars and experts, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the
"Belt and Road Initiatives" and its significance in terms of economics and
economic geography, yielding an insightful interpretation of the strategy. It also
offers multiple perspectives, including national political, historical, military,
diplomatic, cultural, technological and legal.
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analysis; Lee Jones, Jinghan Zeng; Third World Quarterly; vol. 40; 2019; pp. 1415-1439
designed to build infrastructure and
coordinate policymaking across Eurasia and eastern Africa is widely seen as a clearly-defined, top-
international order. This article argues that this view is mistaken. Foregrounding transformations in the
Chinese party-state -making, it shows that, rather than being a
coherent, geopolitically-driven grand strategy, BRI is an extremely loose, indeterminate scheme, driven
primarily by competing domestic interests, particularly state capitalist interests, whose struggle for
> La Belt and Road Initiative, un projet viable?; Éric Mottet, Frédéric Lasserre; Revue internationale et
stratégique; vol. 3; 2019; pp. 51-60
devenues un enjeu incontournable des relations internationales. Trop longtemps ignoré, son impact se
ar si les chiffres indiquent que le
produit intérieur brut (PIB) chinois dépassera dans quelques années celui des États-Unis, et que la Chine
conséquences de cette transition, tout autant que les stratégies permettant de se maintenir au sommet,
Pékin souhaite faire de ce statut de grande puissance au bouleversement des équilibres et des
institutions actuels, en passant par la mise en place de nouvelles relations entre États et sociétés. Si
certains voient dans la Chine une puissance potentiellement révisionniste et susceptible de bousculer leséquilibres en place consensus de Pékin » comme grille de
lecture des relations économiques et politiques internationales futures. La Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
associant rayonnement économique, capacités militaires et influence, trois des dimensions de la Chine
contemporaine et de son rapport au reste du monde. Ces « nouvelles routes de la soie » ne souffrent pas
non plus, ju
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politiques et financières de projets aussi multiformes, stratégiques et souvent très coûteux. Le projet se
t cette vaste ambition chinoise se décline-t-elle ? Quelles sont les difficultés
géopolitiques et géoéconomiques qui peuvent mettre en doute sa faisabilité ?
> t West: The Convergence of Innenpolitik and Aussenpolitik ;
Michael Clarke; Journal of Contemporary China; vol. 29; 2020; pp. 336-353
This article seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about the causes and
BRI can be seen as the product of the convergence of Aussenpolitik (foreign policy) and Innenpolitik
Region (XUAR). The article concludes that the intersection of these objectives with the geopolitical logic
of BRI (i.e. combating American primacy in the maritime domain of the Indo-Pacific through China-led
Eurasian integration) provides an explanation for the timing and intensity of Be
> China's Belt and Road Initiative: at the crossroads of challenges and ambitions; Veysel Takdal; The
Pacific Review; vol. 31; 2018; pp. 373-390
Interpretations of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) mostly agree that it is a policy
opening that offers some remedies for China's economic and security challenges, as well as reflects
China's increasing regional and global ambitions. This paper argues that the multiple drivers
characterizing the BRI result from the multiple identities of China as a developing country struggling
with several sources of instability and macroeconomic problems and, simultaneously, a regional and
an emerging power, and finally a major global power with significant economic capacity to shape the
global economic order. The paper aims to substantiate the entanglement of the defensive and
ambitious motivations behind the BRI by examining the background against which the Chinese
Communist Party leadership has suggested it. In so doing, it draws on Chinese official policy documents
and statistics, speeches from Chinese leaders and existing social scientific research on the
transformation of China's economic and political landscape in recent years.
> China In Central Asia: The First Strand Of The Silk Road Economic Belt; Raffaello Pantucci; Asian
Affairs; vol. 50; 2019; pp. 202-2015
In starting his announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative in Astana, Kazakhstan,
President Xi Jinping was very consciously making the point that the broader vision of BRI was something
that drew out of an approach that had been long developing between China and Central Asia. Focused
on trying to improve prosperity at home through development and prosperity in adjacent regions,
hat Xi saw as a positive way to
the article, the author l
current status, before offering seven broader lessons and issues to be found which can provide a useful
prism through which to consider the longer-term impact of the Belt and Road Initiative around the
world.> ; Lina
Banebdallah; Third World Quarterly; vol. 40; 2019; pp. 92-108
international order? This paper takes an inductive approach by examining the BRI for a two-pronged
purpose: first,
discourse around its intentions and vision for the initiative; and, second, to examine the mechanisms
through which Chinese norms are diffused and normalised in Global South states. I find that Chinese
policy navigates a dialectical interchange between upholding the existing international order while
simultaneously promoting alternative norms and practices to reform parts of the order that are
unsatisfactory to Chinese interests. To answer the second part of the puzzle, the paper finds that a
professionalisation training programmes. These programmes allow for Chinese expert knowledge and
technical know-how to be shared with and mimicked by elites and civil servants across many Global
South states.
>
Geoeconomics and Geopolitics; Kevin G. Cai; Journal of Contemporary China; vol. 27; 2018; pp.
831-847
economic initiatives designed to promote
regional and global economic cooperation, the One Belt One Road (OBOR) and the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) have been launched by Beijing as a grand economic and diplomatic strategy,
which is designed
to help promote Chinese influence in the region and beyond, weaken the US dominance in the regional
ntaining China. The OBOR
and AIIB initiatives will inevitably bring significant impact on the economic architecture in multiple
important areas, which would in turn have strategic implications in the region and beyond.
> An Analysis of ; Anu Sharma; Asian Journal of Middle
Eastern and Islamic Studies; vol. 13; 2019; pp. 35-49
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will help Chinese industries at home while they are still modernising. Under this initiative, the Middle
East figures prominently due to its rich hydrocarbon resources along with its need to develop its
infrastructure in various Persian Gulf nations. Therefore, the current topic is an exploration of the
the region. China is trying to present itself as a plausible alternative to the traditional great power
politics
friendly with all the Middle Eastern leaders. Thus, t
in the Middle East through its economic prowess and growing military strength. In this regard, it
>
the Region; Henelito A. Sevilla; Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; vol. 13; 2019;
pp. 195-210
to unveil the greatest challenge facing the implementation of this initiative. The Middle East offers both
strategic as well as resource opportunities for China but the region remains fluid and unstable security
wise. Shaky regional alliances, a dissatisfied labour force, pressures from non-state actors, gender
discrimination and human rights abuses and sustained external intervention are just some of the
security issues facing the Middle East. How would China navigate itself in such a volatile region without
jeopardizing its interests and without breaking the principles of non-intervention and sovereignty?
More importantly, what type of power does China want to project vis-a-vis the region? This paper arguesl security challenges will determine the future of its
which are crucial for its status as a future global power.
> Cheng King, Jane
Du; Journal of Contemporary China; vol. 27, 2018; pp. 811-830
This article assesses the role of
Asian markets, with an empirical assessment of the structure of Asian markets from the perspective of
opening-
capital: its trade with potential cooperative countries and its FDI and intergovernmental aid to them fall
RI into
the current framework of international economic cooperation.
> Fragmentation and Mobilization: Domestic Politics of the Belt and Road in China; Min Ye; Journal
of Contemporary China; vol. 28, 2019; pp. 696-711
The Belt and Road initiative is five years old and has resulted in voluminous
publications by scholars and policy pundits in many corners of the world. It is by far the most watched
foreign policy initiative that the PRC has projected on the world stage. Departing from the standard
which has driven and will continue to shape the contour and magnitude of the BRI in the future. The
article builds a theory of state fragmentation and argues that the Belt and Road is a mobilization
campaign by the Communist leadership in order to deal with domestic and diplomatic challenges.
Mobilization, however, intensifies fragmentation and results in the decentralized implementation of the
BRI that diverges from the rhetoric of the strategy. Lower-level governments and major business groups
leverage on the BRI and devise projects and programs that serve their economic interests. On the one
hand, economic growth is being revived in the localities; on the other, restructuring and rebalancing of
the Chinese economy are delayed.
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