China’s Master Plan: Is the Belt Road Initiative an Ambitious Hegemonic Design or an Inauspicious Economic Entanglement?

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Brief Overview

The key contribution of this paper is the impact of the Belt Road Initiative on China's economy and its regional goals. It compares Beijing's economic strategy with the US strategy post-World War II and the Marshall Plan in gaining hegemonic status.

Author

• Elizabeth H. Speyer, University of Pennsylvania