Research on China’s One Belt and Road Initiative. From the perspective of geopolitics

Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative is a cross-border economic belt initiated and led by the Chinese government in 2013. Its scope covers the history of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road through China, Central Asia, North and West Asia, the Indian Ocean coast, the Mediterranean coast countries and regions. The country and region covered by the initiative are vast, and the impact is therefore enormous. This thesis uses geopolitical theory and methods to study the traditional Chinese geopolitical ideology, the development of the initiative, geostrategic at-tempts, geopolitical influences and risks proposed by One Belt and Road Initiative develop-ment strategy.