Governance along the new silk road in Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe: a comparison of ASEAN, the EU and 17+1
Southeast Asia and Europe are key regions for the implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A comparison of China’s attempt to promote the BRI in both regions reveals that China acts both as a norm-setter and norm-taker. Both the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Eur...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15642/1/39015-123857-1-SM.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15642/ http://ejournals.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/1260 |
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| Summary: | Southeast Asia and Europe are key regions for the implementation
of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A comparison of China’s
attempt to promote the BRI in both regions reveals that China acts
both as a norm-setter and norm-taker. Both the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union which established
distinct regional governance systems perceive China’s growing
ability to set norms in their region as a strategic threat. However, the
17+1 (formerly 16+1) cooperation format, established by China in
Central and Eastern Europe as an umbrella for its bilateral relations,
is embedded in the EU’s governance system. In Southeast Asia, China
cooperates with the individual governments on a bilateral base, but
also utilizes the existing ASEAN infrastructure schemes. The article
argues that China needs to be better included in the established
international and regional governance mechanisms. It concludes that
after mutual compromises of the participants and reforms the New
Silk Road could function as a respected framework for multilateral
collaboration that complements, but does not replace the existing
governance structures and principles. |
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