Abstract
Introduction This book is an analysis of the developments associated with the Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) five years after Xi Jinping announced both the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the 21st Maritime Silk Road (21MSR). Together, these two dimensions constitute the B&RI, providing the so-called Chinese ‘project of the century’ with regional, inter-regional and global reach. This book aims at assessing the impact of the B&RI in all these dimensions and levels of influence. This is a current and promising theme, not only in the short and medium terms, but also within a broader timescale, reflecting Chinese strategic thinking itself, since Chinese philosophy and culture are oriented towards long-term and inter-generational perspectives. Likewise, both the title of this publication and the way it has been organized result from the empirical perception that China asserts a conservative attitude towards foreign affairs, redesigned in multiple dimensions, to create a perception of domestic unity and global prestige. In this vein of thought, the B&RI is already influencing and will continue to influence, directly or indirectly, the current economic and political order.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Number of pages | 553 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811525643 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811525636 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Keywords
- Afghanistan and China’s foreign policy
- BRI and the Portuguese speaking countries
- BRI sustainable and inclusive growth and finance sources
- Belt and road initiative form a German perspective
- Central and Eastern Europe, and the BRI
- China and the great urban projects in cape verde
- China-EU framework on the belt and road initiative
- China’s "16 + 1" cooperation
- China’s blue economy partnership
- China’s outward direct investment (ODI) and BRI
- China’s role in the international climate change regime
- EU legal obstacles to the belt and road initiative
- Financing of the belt and road initiative
- India’s selective participation in China’s BRI
- Latin America, the Caribbean, and BRI
- Multiplex regionalism in central Asia
- New silk roads and China’s grand strategy
- Poland and the BRI
- The EU’s blue growth strategy
- Western hemisphere and the BRI