One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions
In recent years, global geo-economic transformations have been considerably affected by the development of the People’s Republic of China, its reviving leadership and ambitions, and its increasing efforts to reformat and integrate the Eurasian space. The One Belt — One Road Initiative is a manif...
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| description | In recent years, global geo-economic transformations have been considerably affected by the development of
the People’s Republic of China, its reviving leadership and ambitions, and
its increasing efforts to reformat and
integrate the Eurasian space. The One
Belt — One Road Initiative is a manifesto and a tool to advance China’s
long-term geostrategic interests that
spread to the bordering states and regions and to the prospects of their socioeconomic development. The initiative encompasses transportation and logistics, production and investment, finances, research and technology, humanitarian affairs, and foreign policy.
In this article, we will highlight the
key geoeconomic and geopolitical
aspects of the One Belt — One Road
initiative implementation, based on the
Chinese and Russian studies. Another
goal is to weigh up the risks and benefits associated with the extension of the
project to Russian territories. Special
attention is paid to Russia’s western
borderlands — 17 regions that account
for 8.6 % of the country’s territory,
17.4 % of the total GRP, and 20.8% of
the national population.
We analyse the factors in effect —
including geopolitical ones, as well as
current trends in the development of
Russia’s western borderlands. It is
shown that the inclusion into the Chinese Eurasian integration initiatives
creates additional incentives for a positive re-evaluation of the Russian space as a whole and holds special relevance for Russia’s western borderlands. We analyse the possibility of including Russia’s Baltic regions — the infrastructural and economic island of the Kaliningrad exclave among them —
into the One Belt — One Road Initiative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd6742ae5b0343d99523e86609b42fdf2022-12-22T03:17:56ZengImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityBaltic Region2079-85552310-05242018-04-01102395510.5922/2079-8555-2018-2-3One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border RegionsDruzhinin A.G.0Dong Y.1Southern Federal University, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityNanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of ScienceIn recent years, global geo-economic transformations have been considerably affected by the development of the People’s Republic of China, its reviving leadership and ambitions, and its increasing efforts to reformat and integrate the Eurasian space. The One Belt — One Road Initiative is a manifesto and a tool to advance China’s long-term geostrategic interests that spread to the bordering states and regions and to the prospects of their socioeconomic development. The initiative encompasses transportation and logistics, production and investment, finances, research and technology, humanitarian affairs, and foreign policy. In this article, we will highlight the key geoeconomic and geopolitical aspects of the One Belt — One Road initiative implementation, based on the Chinese and Russian studies. Another goal is to weigh up the risks and benefits associated with the extension of the project to Russian territories. Special attention is paid to Russia’s western borderlands — 17 regions that account for 8.6 % of the country’s territory, 17.4 % of the total GRP, and 20.8% of the national population. We analyse the factors in effect — including geopolitical ones, as well as current trends in the development of Russia’s western borderlands. It is shown that the inclusion into the Chinese Eurasian integration initiatives creates additional incentives for a positive re-evaluation of the Russian space as a whole and holds special relevance for Russia’s western borderlands. We analyse the possibility of including Russia’s Baltic regions — the infrastructural and economic island of the Kaliningrad exclave among them — into the One Belt — One Road Initiative.https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/d93/3-Druzhinin_39-55.pdfgeoeconomicschinaeurasiatransport and logistics corridorsregional developmentcore-periphery systemrussia’s western borderlands |
| spellingShingle | Druzhinin A.G. Dong Y. One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions Baltic Region geoeconomics china eurasia transport and logistics corridors regional development core-periphery system russia’s western borderlands |
| title | One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions |
| title_full | One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions |
| title_fullStr | One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions |
| title_short | One Belt — One Road Initiative: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Western Border Regions |
| title_sort | one belt one road initiative a window of opportunity for russia s western border regions |
| topic | geoeconomics china eurasia transport and logistics corridors regional development core-periphery system russia’s western borderlands |
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