Michael Clarke is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Matthew Sussex is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Nick Bisley is professor of international relations at La Trobe University.

The Belt and Road Initiative offers valuable insights for understanding the BRI and its overall performance to date. It may be read with profit by anyone interested in Asian politics in general and particularly students across the social science disciplines who are eager to know more about the political, economic, and security implications of the BRI. The book provides an excellent grounding and foundation for understanding the economic, political, social, and cultural perspectives of the BRI.

• Chapter 1. Infrastructure, Order and Contested Asia: How BRI will influence Asia’s Emerging International OrderNick Bisley Section I: Geopolitics, alliances and securityChapter 2: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Regional Order Building Strategy: No Longer Hard Times for Soft Balancing?Lai-ha ChanChapter 3: Sino-Russian Relations and the Belt and Road Initiative: Navigating Hedging, Accommodation and Entrapment Dilemmas in Central AsiaMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex Chapter 4: Combating the Three Evil Forces on the Silk Road: Uyghur Terrorism and Chinese Security DiplomacyStefanie Kam Li YeeSection II: The Political Economy of BRIChapter 5: The Geo-Economics of Belt and Road Initiative Jane Golley and Michael WesleyChapter 6: The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the Belt and Road Initiative: the Geopolitical ImplicationsBrooke Wilmsen, Andrew van Hulten, Xiao Han and David Adjartey Chapter 7: China's Relationship with Egypt and Oman: A Strategic Framework for the Implementation of China’s Maritime Silk Road InitiativeMordechai ChazizaSection III: BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategic ActorsChapter 8: India and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Critic to CompetitorIan Hall Chapter 9: Southeast Asia and the BRI: Integrative or Divisive?Mark BeesonChapter 10: Keeping the ‘China Dream’ at Arm’s Length: Australia’s Response to the Belt and Road InitiativeAndrew O’NeilConclusion: Assessing BRI’s Implications for Regional OrderMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex

Michael Clarke is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Matthew Sussex is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Nick Bisley is professor of international relations at La Trobe University.

The Belt and Road Initiative offers valuable insights for understanding the BRI and its overall performance to date. It may be read with profit by anyone interested in Asian politics in general and particularly students across the social science disciplines who are eager to know more about the political, economic, and security implications of the BRI. The book provides an excellent grounding and foundation for understanding the economic, political, social, and cultural perspectives of the BRI.

• Chapter 1. Infrastructure, Order and Contested Asia: How BRI will influence Asia’s Emerging International OrderNick Bisley Section I: Geopolitics, alliances and securityChapter 2: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Regional Order Building Strategy: No Longer Hard Times for Soft Balancing?Lai-ha ChanChapter 3: Sino-Russian Relations and the Belt and Road Initiative: Navigating Hedging, Accommodation and Entrapment Dilemmas in Central AsiaMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex Chapter 4: Combating the Three Evil Forces on the Silk Road: Uyghur Terrorism and Chinese Security DiplomacyStefanie Kam Li YeeSection II: The Political Economy of BRIChapter 5: The Geo-Economics of Belt and Road Initiative Jane Golley and Michael WesleyChapter 6: The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the Belt and Road Initiative: the Geopolitical ImplicationsBrooke Wilmsen, Andrew van Hulten, Xiao Han and David Adjartey Chapter 7: China's Relationship with Egypt and Oman: A Strategic Framework for the Implementation of China’s Maritime Silk Road InitiativeMordechai ChazizaSection III: BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategic ActorsChapter 8: India and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Critic to CompetitorIan Hall Chapter 9: Southeast Asia and the BRI: Integrative or Divisive?Mark BeesonChapter 10: Keeping the ‘China Dream’ at Arm’s Length: Australia’s Response to the Belt and Road InitiativeAndrew O’NeilConclusion: Assessing BRI’s Implications for Regional OrderMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex

Michael Clarke is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Matthew Sussex is associate professor at the National Security College at Australian National University.Nick Bisley is professor of international relations at La Trobe University.

The Belt and Road Initiative offers valuable insights for understanding the BRI and its overall performance to date. It may be read with profit by anyone interested in Asian politics in general and particularly students across the social science disciplines who are eager to know more about the political, economic, and security implications of the BRI. The book provides an excellent grounding and foundation for understanding the economic, political, social, and cultural perspectives of the BRI.

• Chapter 1. Infrastructure, Order and Contested Asia: How BRI will influence Asia’s Emerging International OrderNick Bisley Section I: Geopolitics, alliances and securityChapter 2: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Regional Order Building Strategy: No Longer Hard Times for Soft Balancing?Lai-ha ChanChapter 3: Sino-Russian Relations and the Belt and Road Initiative: Navigating Hedging, Accommodation and Entrapment Dilemmas in Central AsiaMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex Chapter 4: Combating the Three Evil Forces on the Silk Road: Uyghur Terrorism and Chinese Security DiplomacyStefanie Kam Li YeeSection II: The Political Economy of BRIChapter 5: The Geo-Economics of Belt and Road Initiative Jane Golley and Michael WesleyChapter 6: The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the Belt and Road Initiative: the Geopolitical ImplicationsBrooke Wilmsen, Andrew van Hulten, Xiao Han and David Adjartey Chapter 7: China's Relationship with Egypt and Oman: A Strategic Framework for the Implementation of China’s Maritime Silk Road InitiativeMordechai ChazizaSection III: BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategic ActorsChapter 8: India and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Critic to CompetitorIan Hall Chapter 9: Southeast Asia and the BRI: Integrative or Divisive?Mark BeesonChapter 10: Keeping the ‘China Dream’ at Arm’s Length: Australia’s Response to the Belt and Road InitiativeAndrew O’NeilConclusion: Assessing BRI’s Implications for Regional OrderMichael Clarke and Matthew Sussex