Why Balancing Towards China is not Effective : Understanding BRI’s Strategic Role

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Paul, Thazhakzhyil Varkey
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2019
• الموضوعات: East Asia and Asia Pacific; Country and Region Studies
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107050; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47976

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has usually been analysed for its economic and geopolitical importance. There is a third crucial function of BRI − the prevention of military as well as soft balancing coalitions against Beijing by smaller Asian states along with countries such as the US and India....