1st Edition

China's New Silk Road An Emerging World Order

Edited By Carmen Amado Mendes Copyright 2019
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction: China’s New Silk Road



SECTION 1: The General Context



Chapter 1 – New Paradigms for the New Silk Road



Chapter 2 – Building a Community of Shared Destiny: The Belt and Road Initiative in the Political Speeches of Xi Jinping



Chapter 3 – Whose Silk Road? The Chinese, U.S., European Union and Russian Strategic Projects for Regional Integration in Central Asia



Chapter 4 – Sustainability Implications of the New Silk Road: Environmental and Social Planning



SECTION 2: The Economic Dimension,



Chapter 5 – The Political Economy of New Multilateral Development Bank and Reserve Arrangements in East Asia



Chapter 6 – The New Silk Road: Perspectives for EU-China Economic Cooperation



Chapter 7 – The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Lessons for the New Silk Road



Chapter 8 – Sino-Pakistani Axis of Cooperation in China´s New Silk Road



SECTION 3: The Strategic Dimension



Chapter 9 – The Role of Local Goverments in the New Silk Road



Chapter 10 – The Maritime Silk Road, Viewed from the South



Chapter 11 – Locating China’s Maritime Silk Road in the context of the South China Sea disputes

Biography

Carmen Amado Mendes is Professor of International Relations at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.