China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the New Eurasian Order
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Sammendrag
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.
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