The Belt and Road Initiative : geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects / Faisal Ahmed and Alexandre Lambert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Faisal (Professor of international business), author.

Lambert, Alexander, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China).

Economic development--China.

Economic development.

China.

Silk Road--History.

Silk Road.

China--Commercial policy.

Commercial policy.

China--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Faisal Ahmed is a Professor in the International Business Area teaching trade and geopolitics at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. In addition to a PhD and master's from India, he holds an Executive Certification in geopolitical analysis from Geneva. His research and consulting interests include Indo-Pacific region, China's trade and geopolitics, ocean diplomacy, trade agreements, and sustainable development goals. He had been consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and other organisations. He has also worked on projects supported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He has published papers in refereed journals, and also frequently publishes in popular media. He is the author of the textbookBusiness Environment: Indian and Global Perspective(2014). He has also published two edited books on India- ASEAN Engagements, and India's Foreign Policy in WANA region. Also, he has published three monographs on grassroots reach of India's foreign trade policy, India's experiences in PTAs, and EEZ and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. His articles have appeared in The Hindu Business Line, South China Morning Post, The Economic Times, Business Standard, The Financial Express, China Radio International, The Korea Times, and The Straits Times, among others. He is frequently interviewed as an expert by national and international media. Alexandre Lambert is Academic Director of the Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies (GIGS), Switzerland. He is also Director of a SIT Study Abroad University Program on Global Health and Development Policy in Switzerland and teaches international relations, with focus on international security at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (GSD) and Webster University Geneva. Formerly, he was a civil servant at the Swiss Federal Department of Defence within its security policy division and became a founding fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF). He holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he was also lead researcher on the OSCE, to which he has been providing independent policy advise for almost two decades and with special emphasis on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security. He has mainly published in the fields of international security, civil-military relations, and geopolitics.

Contents:

The ancient Silk Roads : historical perspectives

The revival of the new Silk Roads by modern China

BRI's response to the US's Asia pivot : turning 'Eurasia' towards 'Eurasia'

Understanding the BRI : benefits of physical infrastructure development

Indo-Pacific and the maritime Silk Road

China's Arctic policy and Polar Silk Road

The geo-economics of infrastructural development

BRI's virtual grid : beyond physical infrastructure connectivity

Global paradigm shift : towards a world-land bridge

Geopolitical and geo-economic patterns of the BRI's implementation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Ahmed, Faisal Belt and Road Initiative

ISBN:

9781003244219

1003244211

9781000488005

1000488004

9781000487930

1000487938

Publisher Number:

40030861081

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