CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
China is dominating the new world order with its economic might. It is constantly expanding its influence around the world with its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by connecting Asia with Africa and Europe via Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road networks. The topic principally attempts to trace China’s development projects around the world and bring high-caliber intellectual analysis, develop in-depth academic research providing professional research findings and recommendations regarding the “Belt and Road Initiative”.
ARTICLES
Expansion of BRICS: Rise of China’s Dominance?
The 15th Summit of BRICS held at Johannesburg was marked as a historic event as six new countries were invited to join the prestigious association and with this, the GDP and population of BRICS escalated to 29 percent and 46 percent from 25.77 percent and 40.9 percent respectively.
Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Challenges in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia has become an important zone for BRI due to the economic dynamism of Southeast Asia, a significant lack of infrastructure in the region, and its strategic location on the border with the southwestern states of China and the major Asia-Pacific Sea routes.
Belt and Road Initiative: The Collapse of the Chinese Dream
The BRI juggernaut aims to incorporate China into a variety of zones of influence along its borders and in emerging countries. Beijing participates in debt-trap diplomacy, similar to China’s state capitalism, in which the Communist Party of China provides enterprises with cheap equity and debt.
Sri Lankan Economy ‘On the Rocks’
This slow and gradual damage to Colombo is a matter of grave concern, and other countries caught in this vicious cycle of loans must learn lessons from the Sri Lankan experience.
Build Back Better World vs Belt and Road Initiative: Two Sides of a Political Coin.
While China’s BRI might be a probable danger for the countries of the Global South, who are caught in a severe economic trap, the B3W is never going to befall them without crafting strong implications for them.
China’s Belt and Road initiative in Central Asia: Challenges and Prospects
The Belt and road initiative is a landmark for global economic integration but it should develop balanced multilateral and bilateral cooperation among partners. China should build mutual trust, confidence and balance among central Asian countries through this project.
China’s BRI and its Public Diplomacy in ASEAN Countries
China is highly focused on changing its image in the international arena through various public diplomacy activities in ASEAN countries. It has resulted in winning over the “Chinese Threat” notion by the “Good Neighbour Effect”.
Falling into the ‘Debt-Trap’ Pit?
If a country falls into the debt trap, then Beijing opts for concessions or any other arrangement, thereby increasing its overall influence in the country.