| Foreword: Connectivity with Consent | 6 |
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| Introduction | 9 |
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| Contents | 23 |
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| Notes on Contributors | 27 |
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| List of Figures | 38 |
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| List of Tables | 40 |
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| Part I The Belt and Road Initiative Concept | 42 |
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| 1 The New Silk Roads: Defining China’s Grand Strategy | 43 |
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| Introduction | 43 |
| A Grand Strategy “with Chinese Characteristics”? | 44 |
| Grand Strategy on the Ground | 47 |
| Chinese Statecraft: Assessing Xi Jinping’s Centrality | 49 |
| Inclusive Mobilization of Resources | 50 |
| Transactional Power | 51 |
| Institutions, Agenda-Setting and Norms | 54 |
| China’s Strategic Narrative | 56 |
| Conclusion | 58 |
| Bibliography | 59 |
| 2 The Words of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Chinese Discourse for the World? | 63 |
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| Introduction | 63 |
| The Rise of China as an International Player | 69 |
| The Belt and Road Initiative as a Chinese Political Project | 72 |
| A New Discourse for the World | 75 |
| Conclusions | 81 |
| Bibliography | 81 |
| 3 Global Strike vs. Globalization: The US-China Rivalry and the BRI | 85 |
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| The Basis of American Power | 86 |
| America’s Military Supremacy | 87 |
| China and Globalization | 89 |
| The BRI and Soft Power | 94 |
| The BRI as Soft Power | 96 |
| The BRI as a Challenge to Western World Order | 97 |
| Conclusion: The American Dilemma | 99 |
| 4 Belt, Road and Ball: Football as a Chinese Soft Power and Public Diplomacy Tool | 101 |
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| Introduction | 101 |
| About the People-to-People Ties… | 104 |
| The Plan | 106 |
| Sport, Public Diplomacy and Soft Power | 108 |
| Football as a Connecting Element | 113 |
| The English Connection | 114 |
| The Ports Along the Way | 115 |
| Sports Tourism and BRI Football Tournaments | 116 |
| Conclusion | 117 |
| Bibliography | 119 |
| 5 Understanding China’s “One Belt and One Road” Initiative: An “International Public Goods” Approach | 124 |
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| Introduction | 124 |
| The Debates and Research Question | 126 |
| The Conceptualization of International Public Goods (IPGs) | 128 |
| IPGs from the Realist Perspective | 129 |
| IPGs from the Neoliberal Perspective | 130 |
| IPGs from the Institutional Perspective | 131 |
| An IPGs Approach to China’s OBOR Initiative | 132 |
| Why Is OBOR Public? | 132 |
| Why Is OBOR Public Goods? | 134 |
| Why Is OBOR International? | 135 |
| Empirical Demonstrations | 136 |
| OBOR Provides “Direct Utility” | 137 |
| OBOR Provides “Risk Reduction” | 139 |
| OBOR Provides Infrastructural “Capacity Enhancement” | 140 |
| Conclusion: IPGs for an Emerging Chinese World Order? | 140 |
| Bibliography | 144 |
| 6 The Financing of the Belt and Road Initiative: Blessings and Curses | 149 |
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| Introduction | 149 |
| The Boundaries of the Belt and Road Initiative | 150 |
| The Objectives of the Belt and Road Initiative | 155 |
| The Financing of the Belt and Road Initiative | 159 |
| The Dimension | 160 |
| The Main Financing | 161 |
| The Silk Road Fund | 163 |
| Other Contributors | 163 |
| The Blessings of the Belt and Road Initiative | 165 |
| The Curses of the Belt and Road Initiative | 166 |
| The Curses for China | 167 |
| The Curses for Participant Members | 169 |
| The Curses for Non-participating Countries | 171 |
| Some Policy Recommendations | 173 |
| Conclusion | 176 |
| Bibliography | 178 |
| 7 BRI—Sustainable, Inclusive Growth, and Financial Sources | 186 |
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| Introduction | 186 |
| Visions of BRI as an Engine of Global Growth Cooperation on Economic Development | 189 |
| Rational of BRI Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Premises | 191 |
| Conclusion | 204 |
| Bibliography | 208 |
| 8 Environmental Considerations of the Belt and Road Initiative | 210 |
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| Introduction | 210 |
| How Green Are the Banks? | 216 |
| Green Bonds | 217 |
| Greenness of Banks Investing in BRI | 219 |
| AIIB | 222 |
| Case Studies | 225 |
| Biodiversity and Environment | 227 |
| Conclusion | 229 |
| Bibliography | 231 |
| 9 The Chinese Partnerships and “the Belt and Road” Initiative: A Synergetic Affiliation | 239 |
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| Introduction | 239 |
| Building and Developing Chinese Partnerships | 243 |
| Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative | 254 |
| How Chinese Partnerships and BRI Contribute to One Another? | 259 |