The China-led Belt and Road Initiative and its Reflections

This book analyzes the origins and the impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on diplomacy, economy (trade, investment, finance), and security among selected host countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and the European Union.

Autorentext

Mehdi P. Amineh is Senior Lecturer and affiliated fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden University, the Netherlands, and Program Director of the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) at the same institute.

Klappentext

This book analyzes the origins and the impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on diplomacy, economy (trade, investment, finance), and security among selected host countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and the European Union.

Inhalt

Introduction: The China-led Belt and Road Initiative and its Reflections 1. China's Capitalist Industrial Development and the Emergence of the Belt and Road Initiative 2. China's Rise and the Question of Hegemony and World Order 3. Supply-side Perspectives from China: Structural Industrial Change and the Industry Incentives for Participating in the Belt and Road Initiative 4. Ethiopia and the Belt and Road Initiative: The Impact of Chinese Investments on the Industrialization of Ethiopia 5. Western Balkans: How to Coordinate the Belt and Road Initiative with the EU's Enlargement Policy 6. An Assessment of the Hungarian Partnership in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative 7. Geopolitics of Change: China, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Asian Regions 8. BRI in the Middle East and Central Asia: the case of Kazakhstan, Iran, and Turkey 9. Strategic Alliance or Cooperation of Convenience: Iran's Linking the Chinese and Russian Transit Routes to Connect Asia to Europe 10. Facts on China's Outward Energy Investment in Belt and Road Countries 11. The Belt and Road, Global Governance, and China