The Northern Sea Route in the context of China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Franckx
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Maritime Silk Road

scholarly journals Modern China in the Arctic Economic Space

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
E. A. Kuklina
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Modern China ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Strategic Cooperation ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

The article presents an exposition of Arctic cooperation between Russia and China in the context of the Eurasian Economic Union development. China is viewed as a subject of the generally accepted segment of the Arctic economy. The author analyses Russian-Chinese strategic cooperation in the Arctic through the prism of the conjugation of the Russian Northern Sea Route and the Chinese Maritime Silk Road of the 21st century (Ice Silk Road). The key factors of the two countries’ interest in the joint development of the Northern Sea Route are identified. The researcher Kuklina E. A. determines promising cooperation areas in the Arctic macroregion (expert and analytical activities in the form of creating Russian-Chinese “think tanks”; investment activities in the form of direct investments in offshore oil and gas projects).

scholarly journals Spatial pattern of location advantages of ports along the Maritime Silk Road

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-176
Author(s):  
Naixia Mou ◽  
Chunying Wang ◽  
Jinhai Chen ◽  
Tengfei Yang ◽  
Lingxian Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Maritime Silk Road

scholarly journals Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Blues: Powering BRI Research Back on Track to Avoid Choppy Seas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Chinese Foreign Policy ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
The Road ◽  
Political Costs ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
On The Road

AbstractThis piece examines and critiques the massive literature on China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It details how research currently seems stuck on the road to nowhere. In addition, it identifies a number of the potholes that collective research endeavors are hitting such as that they are poorly synchronized. It also stresses that lines of analysis are proliferating rather than optimizing, with studies broadening in thematic coverage, rather than becoming deeper. It points out that BRI participants are regularly related to the role of a bit player in many analyses and research often is disconnected from other literatures. Among other things, this article recommends analysts focus on the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) or Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) in specific regions or countries. It also argues for a research core that focuses on the implementation issue (i.e., the issue of MSRI and SREB project implementation), project effects (i.e., the economic and political costs and benefits of projects), and the translation issue (i.e., the domestic and foreign policy effects of projects) and does work that goes beyond the usual suspects. On a related note, research need to identify, more precisely, participants and projects, undertake causal analysis, and take into account countervailing factors. Furthermore, studies need to make more extensive use of the Chinese foreign policy literature. Moreover, works examining subjects like soft power need to improve variable conceptualization and operationalization and deliver more nuanced analyses. Finally, studies, especially by area specialists, should take the area, not the China, perspective.

scholarly journals Traffic Inequality and Relations in Maritime Silk Road: A Network Flow Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Naixia Mou ◽  
Haonan Ren ◽  
Yunhao Zheng ◽  
Jinhai Chen ◽  
Jiqiang Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Network Flow ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Maritime Traffic ◽  
Maritime Silk Road

Maritime traffic can reflect the diverse and complex relations between countries and regions, such as economic trade and geopolitics. Based on the AIS (Automatic Identification System) trajectory data of ships, this study constructs the Maritime Silk Road traffic network. In this study, we used a complex network theory along with social network analysis and network flow analysis to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of maritime traffic flow of the Maritime Silk Road; further, we empirically demonstrate the traffic inequality in the route. On this basis, we explore the role of the country in the maritime traffic system and the resulting traffic relations. There are three main results of this study. (1) The inequality in the maritime traffic of the Maritime Silk Road has led to obvious regional differences. Europe, west Asia, northeast Asia, and southeast Asia are the dominant regions of the Maritime Silk Road. (2) Different countries play different maritime traffic roles. Italy, Singapore, and China are the core countries in the maritime traffic network of the Maritime Silk Road; Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Israel have built a structure of maritime traffic flow in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and Saudi Arabia serves as a bridge for maritime trade between Asia and Europe. (3) The maritime traffic relations show the characteristics of regionalization; countries in west Asia and the European Mediterranean region are clearly polarized, and competition–synergy relations have become the main form of maritime traffic relations among the countries in the dominant regions. Our results can provide a scientific reference for the coordinated development of regional shipping, improvement of maritime competition, cooperation strategies for countries, and adjustments in the organizational structure of ports along the Maritime Silk Road.

The evolution of the port network along the Maritime Silk Road: From a sustainable development perspective

Marine Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 104426
Author(s):  
Changping Zhao ◽  
Yecheng Wang ◽  
Yu Gong ◽  
Steve Brown ◽  
Rui Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Development Perspective

Identifying important ports in maritime container shipping networks along the Maritime Silk Road

2021 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 105738
Author(s):  
Chengpeng Wan ◽  
Yinxiang Zhao ◽  
Di Zhang ◽  
Tsz Leung Yip
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Shipping Networks

Analysis of topology and routing strategy of container shipping network on “Maritime Silk Road”

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liupeng Jiang ◽  
Yue Jia ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Xuejun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Routing Strategy ◽  
Maritime Silk Road

scholarly journals China–Sri Lanka Joint Center for Education and Research for the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 354-357
Author(s):  
Yao Luo ◽  
Dong-Xiao Wang ◽  
Gang Pan ◽  
Zhen-Qiu Zhang ◽  
Wei-Qiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Joint Center
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