Overview
- Offers new insights on the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
- Analyzes the expected economic and geopolitical impacts on the region
- Highlights the interests, expectations and policy approaches behind the implementation of the CPEC
Part of the book series: Contemporary South Asian Studies (CSAS)
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This book focuses on the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure development project intended to connect Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa. By introducing a new analytical approach to the study of economic corridors, it gauges the anticipated economic and geopolitical impacts on the region and discusses whether the CPEC will serve as a pioneer project for future regional cooperation between and integration of sub-national regions such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and Gilgit-Baltistan. Further, it explores the interests, expectations and policy approaches of both Chinese and Pakistani local and central governments with regard to the CPEC’s implementation. Given its scope, the book will appeal to regional and spatial sciences scholars, as well as social scientists interested in the regional impacts of economic corridors. It also offers valuable information for policymakers in countries participating in the Belt-and-Road Initiative or other Chinese-supported development projects.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reviews
“Its main strengths are, first, that it develops logically a new conceptual framework for understanding ECs with a comprehensive and in-depth case analysis of the CPEC, especially from a social science perspective. Second, the book fills a major research gap in relation to the BRI, the ECs and South Asian integration into global geopolitics. … Scholars and students will find this volume really useful.” (Saleh Shahriar, South Asia Research, Vol. 40 (1), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf is Director of Research at the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), a Brussels-based think tank, and a Senior Researcher (member) at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. He completed his Master of Arts (2003) and Doctor of Philosophy (2009) in South Asian Political Science at Heidelberg University. He is an affiliated researcher with the Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU, Durham University, UK), a former research fellow at the Institute of Political Science (IPW, Heidelberg University) and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH, New Delhi, India), and a former visiting fellow at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan). He was a member of the external expert group for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, German Federal Foreign Office, and worked as a consultant to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative
Book Subtitle: Concept, Context and Assessment
Authors: Siegfried O. Wolf
Series Title: Contemporary South Asian Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16198-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16197-2Published: 03 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16200-9Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16198-9Published: 20 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2509-4173
Series E-ISSN: 2509-4181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 395
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Regional Development, Regional/Spatial Science, Asian Politics, Regionalism, Emerging Markets/Globalization