LEADER 04157nam 22005175 450 001 9910483273303321 005 20220501001655.0 010 $a981-334-013-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-33-4013-8 035 $a(CKB)5410000000054407 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6417057 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-33-4013-8 035 $a(PPN)259464775 035 $a(Perlego)3481263 035 $a(EXLCZ)995410000000054407 100 $a20201130d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina's Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East $eFeats, Freezes, and Failures /$fedited by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 291 p. 8 illus.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Asia-Pacific Political Economy,$x2662-7957 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a981-334-012-6 327 $a1.China's MSRI in Africa and the Middle East: Political Economic Realities Continue to Shape Results and Ramifications -- 2.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Connecting Africa -- 3.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative and Ethiopia: Transforming Policies, Institutions, and Politics in Expected and Unexpected Ways -- 4.Djibouti and Small State Agency in the Maritime Silk Road: The Domestic and International Foundations -- 5.Tanzania in China's MSRI: The "Chinese Dream" awaits Alignment with the African One -- 6.Iran in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI): Bounded Progress and Bounded Promise -- 7.The Missing MSRI in Iraq: The Southern Opportunity -- 8.The Gulf Cooperation Council's "Visions" of Maritime Silk Road Initiative Cooperation -- 9.Egypt in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Relations Cannot Surmount Realities. 330 $aThis book analyzes the progress of the MSRI, highlights the political and economic factors affecting its realization, and offers insights into the political and economic implications of China's endeavor. It focuses specifically on countries within Africa and the Middle East to provide a basis for a substantive examination of these issues in a manner sensitive to the milieu in individual countries and relevant regions. It represents the final volume in a well-received series on China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), which, so far, includes books covering China's MSRI and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018) and China's MSRI and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019). This book will interest scholars of China, international relations, and the relevant regions, journalists, and policymakers. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (USA) and Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University (China). Two of his recent edited book publications relate to China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative. One is China's Maritime Silk Road and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019) and the other is China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018). Dr. Blanchard has orchestrated three special issues on China's MSRI in leading journals. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Blanchard worked for the U.S. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Resolution Trust Corporation, and Kelling, Northcross, & Nobriga. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Asia-Pacific Political Economy,$x2662-7957 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aInternational Relations 606 $aForeign Policy 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 676 $a382.30951 702 $aBlanchard$b Jean-Marc F.$f1962- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483273303321 996 $aChina's maritime silk road initiative, Africa, and the Middle East$92808730 997 $aUNINA