China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for Central Asia

María Alejandra Peña Gonzalez

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9093-1_3

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for Central Asia

María Alejandra Peña Gonzalez

Department of Public Law and Legal History Studies

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Abstract

Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) constitutes so far, the most complex, controversial, and far-reaching project put forth by a major power in the contemporary era. The BRI attempts to build an interconnected network of maritime and land-based economic routes, running from the Western Pacific to the Baltic Sea by putting forward “hard” and “soft” infrastructure projects. This chapter sheds light on the implications of the BRI in Central Asia by analyzing the economic, security, and political rationale driving the initiative in the region and exploring the linkages between the BRI and the agenda of Central Asian elites in terms of power consolidation and regime’s political stability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Political Regimes and Neopatrimonialism in Central Asia
Subtitle of host publication	A Sociology of Power Perspective
Editors	Ferran Izquierdo-Brichs, Francesc Serra-Massansalvador
Pages	71-113
Number of pages	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9093-1_3
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021

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