The Belt and Road Initiative and the Future of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific

by Brooke Wilmsen (Contributor), Ian Hall (Contributor), Jane Golley (Contributor), Mordechai Chaziza (Contributor), Michael Wesley (Contributor), Michael Clarke (Editor), Matthew Sussex (Editor), Mark Beeson (Contributor), Lai-Ha Chan (Contributor), O'Neil Andrew (Contributor), Stefanie Kam Li Yee (Contributor), Nick Bisley (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2020

  $102.64

  The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is emerging as a vital lynch-pin in China's efforts to establish a maritime and continental zone of influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The Belt and Road Initiative and the Future of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific interrogates to what extent BRI represents an achievable vision of a China-centric order in Asia and explores its major security implications for the region. The contributions to this volume provide up-to-date analysis of the effect of BRI on the region's foreign policy and alliance patterns, its connection to geo-economics and domestic Chinese politics, and the policy responses of key Indo-Pacific actors. While acknowledging that BRI remains prey to a variety of internal and exogenous shocks, the contributors conclude that at the very least BRI will continue to disrupt the existing alignments of economic and strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific and that on this minimal basis BRI will likely be judged a success by China. For regional actors, however, the BRI simultaneously enhances choice while presenting strategic and economic risks of greater dependency on China - a dilemma intensified by the disruptive effects of the Trump administration on regional confidence in the longevity of American commitments and leadership.