The Belt and Road Initiative and the Future of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Clarke, Michael; Bisley, Nick; Sussex, Matthew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is emerging as a vital lynch-pin in China's efforts to establish a maritime and continental zone of influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The Belt and Road Initiative and the Future of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific interrogates to what extent BRI represents an achievable vision of a China-centric order in Asia and explores its major security implications for the region. The contributions to this volume provide up-to-date analysis of the effect of BRI on the region's foreign policy and alliance patterns, its connection to geo-economics and domestic Chinese politics, and the policy responses of key Indo-Pacific actors. While acknowledging that BRI remains prey to a variety of internal and exogenous shocks, the contributors conclude that at the very least BRI will continue to disrupt the existing alignments of economic and strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific and that on this minimal basis BRI will likely be judged a success by China. For regional actors, however, the BRI simultaneously enhances choice while presenting strategic and economic risks of greater dependency on China - a dilemma intensified by the disruptive effects of the Trump administration on regional confidence in the longevity of American commitments and leadership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498582766
• Artikelnr.: 58503919

Autorenporträt

Edited by Michael Clarke; Matthew Sussex and Nick Bisley - Contributions by Mark Beeson; Nick Bisley; Lai-Ha Chan; Mordechai Chaziza; Michael Clarke; Jane Golley; Ian Hall; Stefanie Kam Li Yee; Andrew O'Neil; Matthew Sussex; Brooke Wilmsen and Michael Wes

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Infrastructure, Order and Contested Asia: How BRI will influence
Asia's Emerging International Order Nick Bisley Section I: Geopolitics,
alliances and security Chapter 2: The Belt and Road Initiative as a
Regional Order Building Strategy: No Longer Hard Times for Soft Balancing?
Lai-ha Chan Chapter 3: Sino-Russian Relations and the Belt and Road
Initiative: Navigating Hedging, Accommodation and Entrapment Dilemmas in
Central Asia Michael Clarke and Matthew Sussex Chapter 4: Combating the
Three Evil Forces on the Silk Road: Uyghur Terrorism and Chinese Security
Diplomacy Stefanie Kam Li Yee Section II: The Political Economy of BRI
Chapter 5: The Geo-Economics of Belt and Road Initiative Jane Golley and
Michael Wesley Chapter 6: The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies
of the Belt and Road Initiative: the Geopolitical Implications Brooke
Wilmsen, Andrew van Hulten, Xiao Han and David Adjartey Chapter 7: China's
Relationship with Egypt and Oman: A Strategic Framework for the
Implementation of China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative Mordechai Chaziza
Section III: BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategic Actors Chapter 8: India and the
Belt and Road Initiative: From Critic to Competitor Ian Hall Chapter 9:
Southeast Asia and the BRI: Integrative or Divisive? Mark Beeson Chapter
10: Keeping the 'China Dream' at Arm's Length: Australia's Response to the
Belt and Road Initiative Andrew O'Neil Conclusion: Assessing BRI's
Implications for Regional Order Michael Clarke and Matthew Sussex