China's New Silk Road

PDF | 3 MB | 196 pages | English | Edited by Carmen Amado Mendes | 2020

Much is being written about China’s new 'One Belt, One Road' initiative, but much of the writing focuses on China itself, on the destinations of the road – Europe and the Middle East – or on the countries through which the road passes, such as Central Asia. This book takes a different approach, assessing the views of East Asian and other countries on the Belt and Road Initiative, both from a transnational and multidisciplinary perspective. The book considers international visions and limitations of the New Silk Road as a new paradigm, explores economic and trade aspects, including infrastructure networks, financial mechanisms, and the likely impact for other countries and regions, and analyses the likely implications for regional and trans-regional cooperation and competition. Western and Asian regional perspectives on the New Silk Road, including from India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia and Japan are considered throughout the book.

 

PART I: The general context

1. New paradigms for the New Silk Road

2. Building a community of shared destiny: the Belt and Road. Initiative in the political speeches of Xi Jinping

3. Whose Silk Road? The Chinese, US, European Union and Russian strategic projects for regional integration in Central Asia

4. Sustainability implications of the New Silk Road: environmental and social planning

 

PART II: The economic dimension

5. The political economy of new multilateral initiatives in Pacific Asia

6. The New Silk Road: perspectives for EU–China economic cooperation

7. The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor: lessons for the New Silk Road

8. Sino-Pakistani axis of cooperation in China’s New Silk Road

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