Making Sense of China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Review Essay

IF 3.1 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Studies Review Pub Date : 2022-08-03 DOI:10.1093/isr/viac023

Todd H. Hall, A. Krolikowski

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Abstract

Although less than a decade old, the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been the subject of considerable attention and conjecture. After initial waves of speculation and punditry, now more rigorous work on the plans, structure, and implementation of this initiative is beginning to contribute to the debate. In this essay, we showcase how three recent monographs make sense of the BRI: One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World, by Eyck Freymann; The Belt Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998–2018, by Min Ye; and Orchestration: China's Economic Statecraft across Asia and Europe, by James Reilly. Surveying the arguments and findings of these works together, we seek to draw out insights and implications for how we should understand the BRI. In particular, we highlight the political significance of the BRI's close association with PRC leader Xi Jinping, the ways in which the BRI follows long-standing patterns of campaign-style mobilization within the PRC, the crucial role of local partners, and the BRI's potential consequences for the larger international system in light of the broader literature in international relations. We conclude by discussing the need to now also consider unintended outcomes.

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理解中国的“一带一路”倡议:一篇综述文章

尽管成立不到十年，中华人民共和国的“一带一路”倡议(BRI)一直是备受关注和猜测的主题。在最初的一波猜测和专家意见之后，现在关于这一倡议的计划、结构和实施的更严格的工作开始为辩论做出贡献。在本文中，我们将展示最近出版的三本专著是如何理解“一带一路”倡议的:艾克·弗雷曼的《b一带一路:中国力量与世界相遇》;《一带一路及以后:中国国家动员的全球化:1998-2018》，叶敏;《协调:中国在亚洲和欧洲的经济治国方略》，詹姆斯·赖利著。我们将这些研究的观点和成果结合起来，为我们理解“一带一路”倡议提供一些启示。最后，我们讨论了现在考虑意外结果的必要性。

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International Studies Review Multiple-

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