Mapping China's 'One Belt One Road' Initiative

• Maps the internal policy implications of the 'One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) initiative for all effected countries
• Analyzes the likely impact of the OBOR initiative on the IPE infrastructure between effected countries
• Provides insight into how security, geopolitical and geoeconomic issues may prevent countries from fully participating in the OBOR initiative
• Considers what changes to directly implicated countries will mean for the balance of resources and power globally
• Equips policy-makers of stakeholder countries with the knowledge and conceptual tools for effective governance

This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will influence the world’s geo-political and geo-economic environment, with specific regard to the ‘Belt and Road’ countries and regions. It evaluates what opportunities the OBOR can offer them in light of the constraints they face, paying particular attention to how security issues may keep some nations from fully participating. Questions are also asked about the tension and conflict along the ‘Belt’ and ‘Road’, which, after all takes in the Middle East’s most tumultuous regions, as well as the much disputed South China Sea. Finally, consideration is given as to how the world’s other economic powers will react when the OBOR inevitably brings about capital and resource competitions.