Research handbook on the Belt and Road Initiative / edited by Joseph Chinyong Liow, Hong Liu, Gong Xue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Liow, Joseph Chinyong, 1972- editor.

Liu, Hong, 1962- editor.

Gong, Xue, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign economic relations.

China.

China--Commercial policy.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"This timely Research Handbook investigates the radically transformative impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), addressing key questions regarding its economic, political and strategic consequences: what does the Chinese government hope to achieve with the BRI? How have recipient states responded? And what are its potential opportunities and risks? Bringing together prominent international scholars and analysts, this Research Handbook arrives at a critical time in the infrastructural development of the BRI, shedding light on its influence in the future of global politics and economics. Chapters unpack the role of the BRI in Chinese foreign policy, placing infrastructural development at the centre of regional affairs, great power dynamics and economic and investment trends. Employing geopolitical and diplomatic modes of investigation, it offers critical and holistic views of the progress and challenges of the BRI's implementation and its implications on the world stage. Providing an innovative global viewpoint on the BRI, this Research Handbook offers cutting-edge perspectives for scholars and researchers of political science, particularly those investigating the latest developments in Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Its practical insights and broad empirical analysis will also benefit policymakers and think tank analysts working in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction to the research handbook on the belt and road initiative / Joseph Chinyong Liow, Hong Liu and Gong Xue

Part I: Conceptual and thematic issues

1. China and the maritime silk road: From passive to active participant / John N. Miksic

2. The domestic politics of the belt and road initiative and its implications / Baogang He

3. China's railway diplomacy under the belt and road initiative / Shang-su Wu

4. The belt and road initiative's evolving security dimension / Alessandro Arduino

5. Looking into energy security through the lens of the belt and road initiative: Can China achieve a more secure energy future? / Lixia Yao

6. China's global quest for food and the belt and road initiative / Hongzhou Zhang

7. Bri and global development praxis: Is a paradigm shift eminent? / Ana Cristina D. Alves

8. The digital silk road: Understanding China's technological rise and the implications for global governance / Clayton T. Cheney

9. The strategic rationale of China's belt and road initiative / Joseph Chinyong Liow

10. The belt and road initiative as a diplomatic discourse / Dylan M.H. Loh

Part II: The maritime domain

11. Soaring garuda meets rising dragon: The political economy of the belt and road initiative in indonesia / Guanie Lim and Hong Liu

12. Explaining the belt and road in the philippines: Elite consolidation, construction contracts, and online gambling capital / Alvin Camba, Jerik Cruz, Janica Magat and Angela Tritto

13. Malaysia and the belt and road initiative: Maritime, rail, and digital connectivity / Chow-Bing Ngeow

14. China's first cross-border high-speed railway project and laos's relational power / Gabriele Giovannini

15. Cambodian perspective on the belt and road initiative / Vannarith Chheang and Pheakdey Heng

16. Belt and road initiative in myanmar: Adapting to the slippery road / Gong Xue

17. The bri in the new normal of covid-19: The case of thailand / Zhimin Tang and Orrasa Rattana-amornpirom

18. Singapore in China's belt and road initiative / Sarah Y. Tong and Tuan Yuen Kong

19. Pakistan and the bri: Is there a shift from euphoria to pragmatism? / Khuram Iqbal

20. China, sri lanka and the bri / Chulanee Attanayake and Yuanzhe Ren

Part III: The overland belt

21. China's belt and road in the pacific: Implementation, motives and prospects / Denghua Zhang

22. Russia and the overland belt and road / Ekaterina Koldunova

23. Poland's relation to the belt and road initiative: Political, economic, infrastructural, and socio-cultural dimensions / Patrycja Pendrakowska

24. Bri in kazakhstan: Pursuing economic partnership amidst rising concerns / Bhavna Dave

25. Uzbekistan and central asia in space-time coordinates of the modern silk road / Farkhod Tolipov

26. Tajikistan: China's security gatekeeper in central asia / Yau Tsz Yan

27. China's engagements with central and eastern Europe: Costs and benefits in the era of the belt and road initiative / Alica Kizeková

28. China in nepal: On the politics of the belt and road initiative development in south asia / Galen Murton and Nadine Plachta

29. Southeast Europe in current Chinese foreign economic policy / Jens Bastian

Part IV: The overland belt

30. The bri in Africa: Change or continuity in China-africa relations? / Linda Calabrese

31. China and the middle east: Venturing into the maelstrom / James M. Dorsey

32. Western Europe in the bri / Jing Men

33. The indo-pacific as pushback against the bri / Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

34. 'Not being absent': China's polar silk road and the politics of identity / Marc Lanteigne

35. The bri: Fuelling strategic rivalry between China and the United States / Mingjiang Li

36. India, bri and the emerging post-galwan China outlook / Jagannath Panda

37. Conclusion: Bri, covid-19 and the future / Joseph Chinyong Liow, Hong Liu and Gong Xue

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78990-871-X