1st Edition

The China-led Belt and Road Initiative and its Reflections The Crisis of Hegemony and Changing Global Orders

Edited By Mehdi Parvizi Amineh Copyright 2023
314 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes the origins and the impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on diplomacy, economy (trade, investment, finance), and security among selected host countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and the European Union. By examining the geopolitical economy of BRI activities, it concisely describes the impact of the rise of China and its BRI policy strategy on the reshaping of... Read more

Introduction: The China-led Belt and Road Initiative and its reflections

Mehdi P. Amineh

1. China’s capitalist industrial development and the emergence of the Belt and Road Initiative

Mehdi P. Amineh

2. China’s rise and the question of hegemony and world order

Mehdi P. Amineh

3. Supply-side perspectives from China: Structural industrial change and industry incentives for participating in the Belt and Road Initiative

Jin Song

4. Ethiopia and the Belt and Road Initiative: The impact of Chinese investments on the industrialization of Ethiopia

Jeroen van Wijk

5. Western Balkans: How to coordinate the Belt and Road Initiative with the EU’s Enlargement Policy

Xu Tian

6. An assessment of the Hungarian partnership in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative

László Marácz

7. Geopolitics of change: China, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Asian regions

Anoushiravan Ehteshami

8. BRI in the Middle East and Central Asia: The case of Kazakhstan, Iran, and Turkey

Mehdi P. Amineh, Laura Linck, and Emre Demirkiran

9. Strategic alliance or cooperation of convenience: Iran’s linking the Chinese and Russian transit routes to connect Asia to Europe

Hooman Peimani

10. Facts on China’s outward energy investment in Belt and Road countries

Yongzhong Wang

11. The Belt and Road, global governance, and China

Xiujun Xu

Biography

Mehdi P. Amineh is Senior Lecturer and affiliated fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden University, the Netherlands, and Program Director of the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) at the same institute.