Publication Type
Report
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2016
Abstract
As Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has redirected the structures and the objectives of both foreign and domestic policy in the PRC. BRI’s goal is primarily economic: to increase trade and investment along China’s periphery by funding and building infrastructure projects. But it is more. Through an analysis of official and semiofficial sources, this policy brief will show that BRI aims to weave neighboring countries into a network of economic, political, cultural, and security relations centered around China. BRI is a new project that is still taking shape. Yet, its objectives are ambitious: Beijing’s grand strategy is to re-constitute the Eurasian regional order with new governance ideas, norms, and rules. The policy brief concludes that European countries should address China’s challenge by stressing their commitment to the normative goals of multilateralism, transparency, accountability, and the rule of law in an open, rule-based global order.
Keywords
Russland og Eurasia, Asia / Asia, Asia, Russia and Eurasia, Russland og Eurasia / Russia and Eurasia
Discipline
International Relations | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Areas of Excellence
Digital transformation
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Publisher
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Citation
CALLAHAN, William A., "China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the new Eurasian order" (2016). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 4326.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4326
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4326
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Additional URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep07951?seq=1