The Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

ISBN-13: 9781032154497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 210 str.

Faisal Ahmed; Alexandre Lambert

Opis

This book studies the geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It argues that BRI has the potential to redesign the spatial and territorial dimensions of governance and counterbalance the hitherto predominant hegemonies of the Anglo-American sea power.

Spis treści

1. The Ancient Silk Roads: Historical Perspectives  2. The Revival of the New Silk Roads by Modern China  3. BRI’s Response to the US’s Asia Pivot: Turning ‘EURasia’ towards ‘eurASIA’  4. Understanding the BRI: Benefits of Physical Infrastructure Development  5. Indo-Pacific and the Maritime Silk Road  6. China’s Arctic Policy and Polar Silk Road  7. The Geo-economics of Infrastructural Development  8. BRI’s virtual grid: Beyond physical infrastructure connectivity  9. Global Paradigm Shift: Towards a World-Land Bridge  10. Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Patterns of the BRI’s Implementation