China's western horizon : Beijing and the new geopolitics of Eurasia

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China's western horizon : Beijing and the new geopolitics of Eurasia

Title remainder

Beijing and the new geopolitics of Eurasia

Statement of responsibility

Daniel S. Markey

Creator

• Markey, Daniel Seth, 1973-

Subject

• China -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central
• China -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
• China -- Foreign relations -- South Asia
• Middle East -- Foreign relations -- China
• South Asia -- Foreign relations -- China
• Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- China
• China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century

Language

eng

Summary

"This book explains how China's new foreign policy initiatives like the vaunted "Belt and Road" are being shaped by local and regional politics outside China and assesses the political implications of these developments for Eurasia and the United States. It depicts the ways that President Xi Jinping's China is zealously transforming its national wealth and economic power into tools of global political influence and details these developments in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Drawing from extensive interviews, travels, and historical research, it describes how perceptions of China vary widely within states like Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Iran. Eurasia's powerful and privileged groups often expect to profit from their connections to China, while others fear commercial and political losses. Similarly, statesmen across Eurasia are scrambling to harness China's energy purchases, arms sales, and infrastructure investments as a means to outdo their strategic competitors, like India and Saudi Arabia, while negotiating relations with Russia and America. The book finds that, on balance, China's deepening involvement will play to the advantage of regional strongmen and exacerbate the political tensions within and among Eurasian states. To make the most of America's limited influence in China's backyard (and elsewhere), it argues that U.S. policymakers should pursue a selective and localized strategy to serve America's aims in Eurasia and to better compete with China over the long run"--

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography