China's Belt and Road Initiative : potential transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

Author(s)

• Kohli, Harinder S.
• Linn, Johannes F.
• Zucker, Leo M.

Bibliographic Information

China's Belt and Road Initiative : potential transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

edited by Harinder S. Kohli, Johannes F. Linn, Leo M. Zucker

SAGE, 2019

• : pb

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-264)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a potential gamechanger for the Central Asia and South Caucasus (CASC) region. CASC countries naturally view this massive development program as a unique opportunity to accelerate their economic development through increased foreign investment, upgraded physical infrastructure, and tighter economic relationships with their neighbors. Yet embracing the BRI is not without risks. Some BRI investments may prove to be fiscally unsustainable, economically and financially unviable, and socially and environmentally harmful. Inadequate cross-border coordination and infrastructure maintenance could render some BRI investments wasteful or redundant. If not proactively addressed, these risks have the potential to leave countries worse off for having participated in the BRI. Policymakers in the CASC region and their development partners, thus, face a daunting question: how to realize the promise of the BRI for their countries while avoiding the pitfalls that lie along the way? This book attempts to answer this question by leveraging the unique insights of development experts in the CASC region. Drawing on the most comprehensive review of BRI investment data conducted to date, this book presents a dynamic policy agenda that is relevant to any country in which China is building the Belt and Road.

Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction - Harinder S. Kohli, Johannes F. Linn, and Leo M. Zucker An economic perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative: Six years after its launch - Harinder S. Kohli and Leo M. Zucker An "inside-out" perspective on the impact of the BRI in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Overview - Johannes F. Linn and Leo M. Zucker The Belt and Road Initiative: The case of Kazakhstan - Aktoty Aitzhanova The Kyrgyz Republic and the Belt and Road Initiative - Roman Mogilevskii The Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: A view from Tajikistan - Rustam Aminjonov and Matin Kholmatov The Belt and Road Initiative in Uzbekistan - Bahodir Ganiev The Belt and Road Initiative in the South Caucasus region - Giorgi Khishtovani, Mariam Zabakhidze, Irakli Gabriadze, and Rezo Beradze Building the Belt and Road: The impact on China and Central Asia - Biliang Hu European perspectives on the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative - Michael Emerson An Indian perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the South Caucasus - Rajat M. Nag China's Belt and Road Initiative and Japan, and its impact on Japan-Central Asia relations - Kiyoshi Kodera The Belt and Road Initiative: A Russian perspective - Evgeny Vinokurov US perspectives on China's Belt and Road Initiative in the South Caucasus and Central Asia - S. Frederick Starr Conclusion and recommendations - Harinder S. Kohli, Johannes F. Linn, and Leo M. Zucker References and notes Photo credits

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Details

• NCID: BB30748246
• ISBN:
  • 9789353880255
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Los Angeles
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 271 p.
• Size: 30 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 382.3095
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China)
  • LCSH : Trade routes -- Eurasia
  • LCSH : China -- Foreign economic relations -- Asia
  • LCSH : Asia -- Foreign economic relations -- China