China's New Silk Road

<p>Much is being written about China’s new 'One Belt One Road' initiative but much of the writing focuses on China itself on the destinations of the road – Europe and the Middle East – or on the countries through which the road passes such as Central Asia. This book takes a different approach assessing the views of East Asian and other countries on the Belt and Road Initiative both from a transnational and multidisciplinary perspective. The book considers international visions and limitations of the New Silk Road as a new paradigm explores economic and trade aspects including infrastructure networks financial mechanisms and the likely impact for other countries and regions and analyses the likely implications for regional and trans-regional cooperation and competition. Western and Asian regional perspectives on the New Silk Road including from India Pakistan Southeast Asia and Japan are considered throughout the book.</p>