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Book SynopsisThe 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 regio
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Infrastructure, Order and Contested Asia: How BRI will influence Asia’s Emerging International Order Nick Bisley Section I: Geopolitics, alliances and security Chapter 2: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Regional Order Building Strategy: No Longer Hard Times for Soft Balancing? Lai-ha Chan Chapter 3: Sino-Russian Relations and the Belt and Road Initiative: Navigating Hedging, Accommodation and Entrapment Dilemmas in Central Asia Michael Clarke and Matthew Sussex Chapter 4: Combating the Three Evil Forces on the Silk Road: Uyghur Terrorism and Chinese Security Diplomacy Stefanie Kam Li Yee Section II: The Political Economy of BRI Chapter 5: The Geo-Economics of Belt and Road Initiative Jane Golley and Michael Wesley Chapter 6: The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the Belt and Road Initiative: the Geopolitical Implications Brooke Wilmsen, Andrew van Hulten, Xiao Han and David Adjartey Chapter 7: China's Relationship with Egypt and Oman: A Strategic Framework for the Implementation of China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative Mordechai Chaziza Section III: BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategic Actors Chapter 8: India and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Critic to Competitor Ian Hall Chapter 9: Southeast Asia and the BRI: Integrative or Divisive? Mark Beeson Chapter 10: Keeping the ‘China Dream’ at Arm’s Length: Australia’s Response to the Belt and Road Initiative Andrew O’Neil Conclusion: Assessing BRI’s Implications for Regional Order Michael Clarke and Matthew Sussex
