The Roads and Belts of Eurasia

This book addresses the challenges and opportunities of contemporary and future development of Eurasia. The main theme of the first part of the book is examining the reaction evoked in different countries by the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The second part analyses other national and international integration and infrastructure projects in Eurasia. This unique publication brings together in one volume works by leading researchers from different countries, all united by their common interest in the political and economic processes unfolding in the Eurasian continent. By offering various points of view from experts from all over the world, this book provides a multi-dimensional analysis of the Eurasian future and will be of value to a wide range of readers, including scholars, publicists, the international business community and decision-makers.

Analyses the contemporary and future development of Eurasia Examines the reaction in Eurasia to the Chinese "Belt and Road Initiative" Explores how physical realities of infrastructure interact with political realities

Auteur

Alexander Lukin is Director of the Centre for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Head of Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and Chair Professor at the School of Public Affairs of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Contenu

1. Belt and Road Initiative: Evolution of China's Approach.- 2. Belt and Road Initiative: A View from Russia.- 3. China's Belt and Road Initiative: Impacts and Effects for Central Asia.- 4. Proceed with Caution: India's Approach to China's One Belt One Road and Other Cooperation Ideas in the Region.- 5. China-Europe Railway Connectivity: Opportunities and Challenges.- 6. The US Quest for Regional Dominance in Asia and the Chinese Challenge.- 7. Japan's Global Diplomacy in Response to Chinese Belt and Road Initiative.- 8. Vectors of Development for Asiatic Russia.- 9. The Linkage between Greater Eurasian Partnership and the Belt and Road Initiative: Current Situation and Prospects for the Future.- 10. Belt vs Road: Eurasian dilemma for infrastructure development.- 11. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Development of the Eurasia.- 12. India's Initiatives in Central Asia: Reenergising Ties with the Region.- 13. What is Eurasia to Us (the U.S.)?.- 14. From Asia-Pacific to Greater Eurasia: Regional Projects of Economic Orders and Great Power Competition.