China's Belt and Road Initiative and the Triangle Great Game of Contemporary International Politics

• Autore: Sheng Edmund Li
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Belt and Road Initiative and U.S.-China-EU Relations: A Historical Review -- 1.1 The Emergence and Development of the BRI -- 1.2 U.S.-China-EU Relations: The Background -- 1.3 The Dynamics of the BRI: When the World Is Caught in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 1.3.1 Economic Sustainability of the BRI -- 1.3.2 Reinvigorating the BRI: GSR, HSR, and DSR -- References -- 2 U.S.-China Relations in Donald Trump's Administration: The Belt and Road Initiative and the Thucydides Trap -- 2.1 Trump's Initiatives to Rival China's BRI Ambition: Are China and America Walking into the Thucydides Trap? -- 2.1.1 U.S.-China Relations in the Shadow of the Thucydides Trap -- 2.1.2 Dilemmas of the U.S. in Managing Its China Policy -- 2.2 The "New Normal" in U.S. China Relations: How Is the EU Involved? -- 2.2.1 European Versus American Perspectives on the BRI -- 2.2.2 Friends or Foes: China Between the EU and the U.S -- References -- 3 The Belt and Road Initiative in EU-China Relations: Risk or Opportunity? -- 3.1 The Development of the BRI in Europe: The CESEE and 16+1 Cooperation -- 3.1.1 Looking at the BRI from the European Perspective -- 3.1.2 Opportunities and Risks in the "16+1" Mechanism -- 3.2 EU Countries' Perceptions of the BRI: More Risks than Opportunities? -- 3.2.1 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for the EU -- 3.2.2 The BRI Factor in the China-EU Relationship -- References -- 4 The Reconstruction of the U.S.-EU Alliance in Joe Biden's Administration: The G7 and NATO as Instruments to Contain China and Russia -- 4.1 Analysis of Biden's Foreign Policy on China, the EU and Russia -- 4.1.1 Reshaping the Structure of International Relations in Biden's World -- 4.1.2 Triangular Dynamics Among the U.S., the EU, and Russia After the Russia-Ukraine War -- 4.2 Rebuilding Alliances: The G7 and NATO. ; 4.2.1 The G7 and NATO Cooperation: Toward a Collective Action -- 4.2.2 Building the New Transatlantic Alliance -- 4.3 NATO in Strategic Transition: Responding to the Bear and the Dragon -- 4.3.1 Parallel Tracks: An Expanded NATO and an Emerging Bear-Dragon Alliance -- 4.3.2 Europe's Concerns About the BRI -- 4.3.3 NATO's New Strategic Concept -- References -- 5 Competition Between International Public Goods: Alternatives to the BRI? -- 5.1 The B3W as an Alternative to the Global South? -- 5.1.1 Engaging the Global South: From the BRI to the B3W -- 5.1.2 Challenging the BRI: The Western Alternatives -- 5.2 South-South vs. North-South: New Bottle with Old Wine? -- 5.2.1 Understanding the Strategic Opposition Between the B3W and the BRI -- 5.2.2 The Uncertain Prospect of the B3W: Financial and Political Factors -- 5.3 Comparison of the BRI with the B3W: Inevitable Rivals or Potential Complements? -- 5.3.1 Understanding the Strategic Opposition Between the BRI and the B3W -- 5.3.2 The BRI and B3W: Who Will Win the Strategic Long Game? -- References -- 6 Looking Ahead in the Mist of Chaos: Prospects of the BRI in a Stormy World -- 6.1 World in the Whirlpool: Beijing Winter Olympics, Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Taiwan Strait Crisis, and Derived Episodes -- 6.1.1 Beijing Winter Olympics: The Art of Shaping the National Image -- 6.1.2 The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Trauma of the Changing World Order -- 6.1.3 Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit: The Tenuous State of Sino-US Relations -- 6.1.4 Arctic Region: The Next Great Game in Geopolitics -- 6.2 The Reshaping of the International Order and the Prospects of the BRI -- 6.2.1 The Shadow of the BRI: Strategic Risks and Implications -- 6.2.2 The Arctic: A New Issue on the BRI Agenda -- References -- Conclusion -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: China's Belt and Road Initiative and the Triangle Great Game of Contemporary International Politics
• ISBN: 981-9978-65-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910766897303321
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