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Transcontinental Silk Road Strategies: Comparing China, Japan and South Korea in Uzbekistan

Transcontinental Silk Road Strategies: Comparing China, Japan and South Korea in Uzbekistan

Dadabaev, Timur

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia

Business GeneralAsian American StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367206730
ISBN13: 9780367206734
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 25 2019
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book analyzes initiatives and concepts initiated by China, Japan and South Korea (the Republic of Korea) toward Central Asia to ascertain their impact on regionalism and regional cooperation in Central Asia.

Using the case study of Uzbekistan, the book focuses on the formation of the discourse of engagement with the region of Central Asia through the notion of the Silk Road narrative. The author puts forward the prospects for engagement and cooperation in the region by analyzing initiatives such as the Eurasian/Silk Road Diplomacy of Japan of 1997, the Shanghai Process by China, the Korean corporate offensive, and other so-called Silk Road initiatives such as One Belt One Road (OBOR) or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book argues that material factors and interests of these states are not the only motivations for engagement with Central Asia. The author suggests that cultural environment and identity act as additional behavioral incentives for the states' cooperation as these factors create a space for actors in global politics. The book deconstructs Chinese narratives and foreign policy toward smaller states and presents a more balanced account of Central Asian international relations by taking into account Japanese and South Korean approaches to Central Asia.

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