A June 2015 issue of China Analysis, a compendium of analyses by Chinese experts on the Mainland and overseas compiled by the European Council for Foreign Relations, a Brussels-based global think-tank, and Asia Centre, a European research body, focuses on the many challenges and opportunities of China's epic New Silk Road initiative of continental proportions.
The Silk Road projects are said to connect countries that represent 55% world GNP, 70 % global population, and 75% of global known energy reserves. They call into question China's possible over-reach, her real intentions, their impact on international relations including neighbors, and the shape of the world order in which the United States and its allies have an immense stake.
The compendium contains various insights on whether, and if so, to what extent, the New Silk Road initiative can be viewed in purely economic and cooperative terms and how China should address a host of practical and geopolitical challenges if the historic project is to realize its full potential as an instrument for global peace and development.
Download One Belt, One Road - China's Geat Leap Forward - ECFR, June 2015
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