Overview

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? Bringing together prominent international scholars and analysts, this Research Handbook arrives at a critical time in the infrastructural development of the BRI, shedding light on its influence in the future of global politics and economics. Chapters unpack the role of the BRI in Chinese foreign policy, placing infrastructural development at the centre of regional affairs, great power dynamics and economic and investment trends. Employing geopolitical and diplomatic modes of investigation, it offers critical and holistic views of the progress and challenges of the BRI’s implementation and its implications on the world stage. Providing an innovative global viewpoint on the BRI, this Research Handbook offers cutting-edge perspectives for scholars and students of political science, particularly those investigating the latest developments in Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Its practical insights and broad empirical analysis will also benefit policymakers and think tank analysts working in the field. Huiyao Wang, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

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Author:   Joseph Chinyong Liow ,  Hong Liu ,  Gong Xue
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781789908701

ISBN 10:   1789908701
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   26 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements xix Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Belt and Road Initiative xx 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 2 John N. Miksic 2 The domestic politics of the Belt and Road Initiative and its implications 14 Baogang He 3 China's railway diplomacy under the Belt and Road Initiative 28 Shang-su Wu 4 The Belt and Road Initiative's evolving security dimension 43 Alessandro Arduino 5 Looking into energy security through the lens of the Belt and Road Initiative: can China achieve a more secure energy future? 54 Lixia Yao 6 China's global quest for food and the Belt and Road Initiative 65 Hongzhou Zhang 7 BRI and global development praxis: is a paradigm shift eminent? 76 Ana Cristina D. Alves 8 The Digital Silk Road: understanding China's technological rise and the implications for global governance 88 Clayton T. Cheney 9 The strategic rationale of China's Belt and Road Initiative 102 Joseph Chinyong Liow 10 The Belt and Road Initiative as a diplomatic discourse 114 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 123 Guanie Lim and Hong Liu 12 Explaining the Belt and Road in the Philippines: elite consolidation, construction contracts, and online gambling capital 137 Alvin Camba, Jerik Cruz, Janica Magat and Angela Tritto 13 Malaysia and the Belt and Road Initiative: maritime, rail, and digital connectivity 150 Chow-Bing Ngeow 14 China's first cross-border high-speed railway project and Laos's relational power 161 Gabriele Giovannini 15 Cambodian perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative 175 Vannarith Chheang and Pheakdey Heng 16 Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar: adapting to the slippery road 190 Gong Xue 17 The BRI in the new normal of COVID-19: the case of Thailand 202 Zhimin Tang and Orrasa Rattana-amornpirom 18 Singapore in China's Belt and Road Initiative 214 Sarah Y. Tong and Tuan Yuen Kong 19 Pakistan and the BRI: is there a shift from euphoria to pragmatism? 227 Khuram Iqbal 20 China, Sri Lanka and the BRI 239 Chulanee Attanayake and Yuanzhe Ren PART III THE OVERLAND BELT 21 China's Belt and Road in the Pacific: implementation, motives and prospects 253 Denghua Zhang 22 Russia and the overland Belt and Road 264 Ekaterina Koldunova 23 Poland's relation to the Belt and Road Initiative: political, economic, infrastructural, and socio-cultural dimensions 274 Patrycja Pendrakowska 24 BRI in Kazakhstan: pursuing economic partnership amidst rising concerns 286 Bhavna Dave 25 Uzbekistan and Central Asia in space-time coordinates of the modern Silk Road 299 Farkhod Tolipov 26 Tajikistan: China's security gatekeeper in Central Asia 311 Yau Tsz Yan 27 China's engagements with Central and Eastern Europe: costs and benefits in the era of the Belt and Road Initiative 322 Alica Kizekova 28 China in Nepal: on the politics of the Belt and Road Initiative development in South Asia 331 Galen Murton and Nadine Plachta 29 Southeast Europe in current Chinese foreign economic policy 341 Jens Bastian PART IV THE OVERLAND BELT 30 The BRI in Africa: change or continuity in China-Africa relations? 353 Linda Calabrese 31 China and the Middle East: venturing into the maelstrom 368 James M. Dorsey 32 Western Europe in the BRI 378 Jing Men 33 The Indo-Pacific as pushback against the BRI 390 Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit 34 'Not being absent': China's Polar Silk Road and the politics of identity 402 Marc Lanteigne 35 The BRI: fuelling strategic rivalry between China and the United States 414 Mingjiang Li 36 India, BRI and the emerging post-Galwan China outlook 424 Jagannath Panda 37 Conclusion: BRI, COVID-19 and the future 437 Joseph Chinyong Liow, Hong Liu and Gong Xue Index

Reviews

'In this Research Handbook, the researchers shed an analytical light on both the thematic and functional aspects of the BRI through exhaustive interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, the diverse nationalities represented among the contributors also enable the book to look at the BRI from the perspective of both China and host countries, highlighting the strong repercussions in policymaking among the states along the route as well as the impact on both domestic and international spheres.' - Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

'In this Research Handbook, the researchers shed an analytical light on both the thematic and functional aspects of the BRI through exhaustive interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, the diverse nationalities represented among the contributors also enable the book to look at the BRI from the perspective of both China and host countries, highlighting the strong repercussions in policymaking among the states along the route as well as the impact on both domestic and international spheres.' -- Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

'In this Research Handbook, the researchers shed an analytical light on both the thematic and functional aspects of the BRI through exhaustive interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, the diverse nationalities represented among the contributors also enable the book to look at the the BRI from the perspective of both China and host countries, highlighting the strong repercussions in policy-making among the states along the route as well as the impact on both domestic and international spheres.' -- Huiyao Wang, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

'In this Research Handbook, the researchers shed an analytical light on both the thematic and functional aspects of the BRI through exhaustive interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, the diverse nationalities represented among the contributors also enable the book to look at the the BRI from the perspective of both China and host countries, highlighting the strong repercussions in policy-making among the states along the route as well as the impact on both domestic and international spheres.' - Huiyao Wang, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Author Information

Edited by Joseph Chinyong Liow, Tan Kah Kee Chair Professor of Comparative and International Politics, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Hong Liu, Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Director, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration, Nanyang Technological University, Gong Xue, Assistant Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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