The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Challenges and Opportunities for Asia and Europe
Keyuan Zou editor Shicun Wu editor Qiang Ye editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:23rd Jul '19
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This book explores the opportunities and challenges that both Europe and Asia face under the framework of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative.
The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSR Initiative), put forward by the Chinese government together with the Silk Road Economic Belt, reflects China’s ambition and vision to shape the global economic and political order. The first step and priority under the MSR Initiative, according to documents issued by China, is to build three ‘Blue Economic Passages’ linking China with the rest of the world at sea, two of which will connect China with Europe. This initiative, however, still faces enormous challenges of geopolitical suspicion and security risks. This book seeks to assess these risks and their causes for the cooperation between the Eurasian countries under the framework of MSR and puts forward suggestions to deal with these risks in the interdisciplinary perspectives of international relations and international law.
Featuring a global team of contributors, this book will be of much interest to students of Asian politics, maritime security, international law and international relations.
'Taken together, these essays provide detailed and interesting analysis, projections, and recommendations relating to the Maritime Silk Road. Summing Up: Recommended.' -- M. J. Frost, emerita, Wittenberg University, CHOICE
'In this cohesive collection of 14 essays stemming from two international symposia on the maritime issues pertaining to Xi Zinping’s 2013 “One Belt, One Road" initiative, the 18 contributing authors, primarily legal scholars, examine these challenges in depth. Like the initiative's land-based Silk Road Economic Belt, the stated goal of the Maritime Silk Road is diversified and sustainable development through improved network connectivity to enhance China’s geostrategic and economic ambitions. Chinese financial, technological, and production resources will be harnessed to build ports and other related physical infrastructure, develop and improve transport and supply chain systems, and expand natural resource exploitation and international trade markets. Within the framework of existing international laws, agreements, and organizations, and according to bilateral and multilateral accords, intra- and interregional cooperation of the Eurasian, African, Oceanic, and European nations bordering the South China Sea and the Indian, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans is critical, yet risks persist. The contributors explore these risks through multiple dimensions of trade and national security, the impacts of climate change, and environmental challenges. Taken together, these essays provide detailed and interesting analysis, projections, and recommendations relating to the Maritime Silk Road. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals.'--M. J. Frost, Wittenberg University, CHOICE
ISBN: 9780367179458
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
272 pages