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.
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?
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