A GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS OF BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE FROM PERSPECTIVE OF CHINA
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2023

As a rising power, China desire to a greater place on the world stage. As a result of this desire, China has launched the Belt and Road Initiative in order to gain geopolitical and economic power. Belt and Road Initiative consists of two main parts called “Silk Road Economic Belt” (SREB) and ‘’Century Maritime Silk Road Project’’ (MSRP). The aim of this article is to comparatively analyze these two main parts of Belt and Road Initiative from a geopolitical perspective. In this way, we will have