China's BRI in Different Regions of the World

Cooperation, Contradictions and Concerns

Sanjeev Kumar

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032508320
• eBook ISBN: 9781000897883
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Diplomacy & Treaties
• Index: Politics & International Relations

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is completing a decade. There have been varied responses to the Initiative from countries and regions besides the emergence of alternative initiatives and narratives. This sets the stage for evaluating the robustness of the Initiative, its implementation as well as its implications from the perspective of individual countries and regions across the globe.

This book begins by examining China's domestic, economic, maritime and strategic interests as drivers for the Initiative. BRI has been analysed in country-specific, regional and continental contexts. It brings out the experiences and responses from South Asia, Eurasia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, Latin America, the Caribbean as well as from Europe and Africa. Further, BRI has been studied in the larger context of the US-China competition. The final section explores BRI in the context of the twin challenges of recent times, i.e., the pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict. The book concludes with an epilogue which outlines the broad trends related to BRI that have emerged from this study of ICWA.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Part I BRI: Thematic Perspectives
• Part II BRI in South Asia
• Part III BRI in China's Neighbouring Regions: Eurasia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia
• Part IV BRI in Arab World
• Part V BRI in Continental Context: Europe, Africa and Latin America
• Part VI BRI and Two Challenges of Recent Times
• Index