China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East: Feats, Freezes, and Failures, by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard (Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 291 $100.85. ISBN: 978-981-33-4013-8
نویسندگان
1 M. A. in North American Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of South and East Asian and Oceania Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.22059/wsps.2021.326566.1231چکیده
Since the inception of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has increased its presence and influence in Africa and the MENA region. Taking advantage of economic opportunities and prioritizing trade concessions over diplomatic relations have recently been of great importance for China. Jean-Marc Blanchard’s China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East seeks to address such issues by offering a historical overview of China’s political and economic bonds with African and the MENA states, and investigates their ties in the context of Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI).
