The Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for China-Europe Relations

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Series Details Volume 51, Number 4, Pages 109-118
Publication Date November 2016
ISSN 0393-2729
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The EU brought out a Global Strategy for foreign and security policy in June 2016, which indicates European efforts to reflect on and reshape its grand strategy. Meanwhile, China is also conducting an in-depth assessment of the international order under transition, and strives to rebalance its own national development and foreign policies. Beijing is pursuing a connectivity-oriented grand strategy.

The peaceful rise of China depends on whether China and other economies can fully leverage each other’s development opportunities, and become stronger by taking advantage of increasing interconnectedness in the world. The One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative is a key element of such a grand strategy and will have far-reaching implications for China-Europe relations.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2016.1235819
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