BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS

The article aims to analyze the PRC’s Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It provides initiative assessment: overview, conceptualization, institutionalization and key priorities. Three interconnected groups of objectives define BRI:...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A. A. Kireeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Сравнительная политика
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/839
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849775129733627904
author A. A. Kireeva
author_facet A. A. Kireeva
author_sort A. A. Kireeva
collection DOAJ
description The article aims to analyze the PRC’s Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It provides initiative assessment: overview, conceptualization, institutionalization and key priorities. Three interconnected groups of objectives define BRI: China’s economic development goals, trade, investment policy and foreign policy. The BRI is set to provide stimulus to China’s development with new external and internal sources of economic growth amid ongoing China’s economic transformation, deal with structural problems, foster high-quality production and transition to innovative development model while upgrading its involvement into regional and global value chains. Chinapositions BRI as a new mega-project of regional integration with Chinaas its leader, capable of providing public goods. It aims to create alternative energy and transport routes, improve relations with neighboring countries, alleviate concerns over China’s rise in politics, security and economics and form positive sentiments in its neighborhood. The BRI has become a key dimension of China’s economic and foreign policy with a strategic goal to consolidate China’s periphery with economic means in the first place. The BRI has the potential to provide enormous stimulus to the development and integration of Asia and Eurasia, simultaneously determining the prospects of China’s becoming a dominant power in East Asia and Eurasia and realizing the ‘Chinese dream’.
format Article
id doaj-art-e4879e1c54414c8cbfb12891e562adc4
institution DOAJ
issn 2221-3279
2412-4990
language English
publishDate 2018-06-01
publisher Jurist, Publishing Group
record_format Article
series Сравнительная политика
spelling doaj-art-e4879e1c54414c8cbfb12891e562adc42025-08-20T03:01:32ZengJurist, Publishing GroupСравнительная политика2221-32792412-49902018-06-0193617410.18611/2221-3279-2018-9-3-61-74543BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONSA. A. Kireeva0MGIMO UniversityThe article aims to analyze the PRC’s Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It provides initiative assessment: overview, conceptualization, institutionalization and key priorities. Three interconnected groups of objectives define BRI: China’s economic development goals, trade, investment policy and foreign policy. The BRI is set to provide stimulus to China’s development with new external and internal sources of economic growth amid ongoing China’s economic transformation, deal with structural problems, foster high-quality production and transition to innovative development model while upgrading its involvement into regional and global value chains. Chinapositions BRI as a new mega-project of regional integration with Chinaas its leader, capable of providing public goods. It aims to create alternative energy and transport routes, improve relations with neighboring countries, alleviate concerns over China’s rise in politics, security and economics and form positive sentiments in its neighborhood. The BRI has become a key dimension of China’s economic and foreign policy with a strategic goal to consolidate China’s periphery with economic means in the first place. The BRI has the potential to provide enormous stimulus to the development and integration of Asia and Eurasia, simultaneously determining the prospects of China’s becoming a dominant power in East Asia and Eurasia and realizing the ‘Chinese dream’.https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/839chinaone belt, one roadbelt and road initiativeeconomic silk road bankmaritime silk roadeast asiaeurasiaasian infrastructure investment bankregional integrationtrans-regionalism
spellingShingle A. A. Kireeva
BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
Сравнительная политика
china
one belt, one road
belt and road initiative
economic silk road bank
maritime silk road
east asia
eurasia
asian infrastructure investment bank
regional integration
trans-regionalism
title BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
title_full BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
title_fullStr BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
title_full_unstemmed BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
title_short BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: OVERVIEW, OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
title_sort belt and road initiative overview objectives and implications
topic china
one belt, one road
belt and road initiative
economic silk road bank
maritime silk road
east asia
eurasia
asian infrastructure investment bank
regional integration
trans-regionalism
url https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/839
work_keys_str_mv AT aakireeva beltandroadinitiativeoverviewobjectivesandimplications