Reshaping the International Economic Order. China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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The Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure development project in recent history. It is an important factor in China’s rise equation. However, despite its geoeconomic starting point, the project has profound global implications. The aim of this study is to analyse three basic questions: 1) What is it? 2) How is it financed? 3)Why was it launched? In answering these questions, I argue that the New Silk Road may represent a means for China to influence the established international economic order.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/al.2020.10.39-54
Date of publication: 2020-12-28 22:01:19
Date of submission: 2020-03-24 18:43:45
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