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Securing the Belt and Road Initiative

Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Explores China's new world of investments in Asia

  • Charts the financial realities behind China's influence on Eurasia, Southeast Asia and other regions

  • Explores how national security strategies should evolve to adapt to China's rise

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Alessandro Arduino, Xue Gong
      Pages 3-14
  3. The Belt and Road Security Blueprint

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. The Uneven Regulation of Private Security in ASEAN Member States

      • Sebastian Booth, Cindy J. Smith
      Pages 17-38
  4. Maritime Political and Security Risks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Singapore’s Role in the Belt and Road Initiative

      • Sarah Y. Tong, Tuan Yuen Kong
      Pages 63-80
  5. Corporate Social Responsibilities and Insurance Performance of Chinese Investments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
  6. Risk Forecasting and Crisis Mitigation along the Eurasian Landmass and Middle East

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
    2. Chinese Investments in the Arab Maelstrom

      • James M. Dorsey
      Pages 235-254
  7. The European Union: The Belt and Road Terminus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255

About this book

This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People’s Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the views of a wide range of scholars. President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI), aimed to promote economic development and exchanges with China for over 60 countries, necessitates a wide range of security procedures. While the threats to Chinese enterprises and Chinese workers based on foreign soil are poised to increase, there is an urgent need to develop new guidelines for risk assessment, special insurance and crisis management. While the Chinese State Owned Enterprises are expanding their international reach capabilities, they still do not have the capacity to assure adequate security. In such a climate, this collection will be of profound value to policy makers, those working in the financial sector, and academics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Security & Crisis Management Program, Shanghai, China

    Alessandro Arduino

  • S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Xue Gong

About the editors

Dr. Alessandro Arduino is the co-director of the Security & Crisis Management program at the Shanghai Academy of Social Science (SASS-UNITO) and external affiliate at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Dr. Arduino's two decades of experience in China encompasses security analysis and crisis management.


Dr. Xue Gong is a Research Fellow with China Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. She received her PhD from NTU in 2017. Her main research interests include China’s economic diplomacy, Belt and Road Initiative, China’s economic relations with Southeast Asia, China’s SOEs reforms and corporate social responsibility.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Securing the Belt and Road Initiative

  • Book Subtitle: Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments

  • Editors: Alessandro Arduino, Xue Gong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7116-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7115-7Published: 12 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4999-7Published: 30 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7116-4Published: 01 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Asian Economics, Globalization

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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