CHINA’S “THE ONE BELT AND ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE: ORIGINS AND MODERNITY OF RESOURCES DIPLOMACY
Abstract
The article devoted to the praxeology of the geopolitical concept of the Chinese Silk Road. The aim of the study is to clarify the world-political context of the objective of positioning the Chinese diplomacy’s readiness to cooperate with a number of states and the EU in the “One Belt and One Road” initiative. Histological and systematic methods of analysis are used to clarify: (1) the role of the Chinese geopolitical stratagem in the plans of the elite to change the geography of the world political process in their origin and modern interpretation; (2) the place of the stratagem “One Belt and One Road” in the concepts of the elites on the transformation of China to a world leader; (3) the role of resource interests in these projects; (4) the role and interests of other states in the actualization of the project; (5) the level of influence on the course of international relations. It has been established that the Chinese elite is updating: (1) its own concept of infrastructure development in the adversarial triad of the options “(1) USA- (2) EU- (3)” (2) the elite of Central Asian countries, in particular, the Chinese leaders took advantage of the relative decline of influence Russia and the United States in Afghanistan to expand its influence; (3) The Chinese concept of the new Silk Road is aimed at ensuring the supply of natural resources, in particular energy resources - land from gas and oil deposits in Central Asia, and through the sea through the Malacca Strait and the Arctic regions.
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