The Belt and Road Initiative and the Future of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific Hardback
Edited by Michael Clarke, Matthew Sussex, Nick Bisley
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:254 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Phot
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781498582759
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:254 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Phot
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781498582759