Chinas Belt and Road Initiative

This book evaluates Chinas relations with sub-regional Southeast Asia through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. The book looks at domestic drivers and regional receptivity of Chinas Belt and Road Initiative and also delves into the challenges of Chinas engagement in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. The book examines how Chinas BRI will contribute to the development of these countries, to regional economic integration and cooperation processes within a political-economic context. It addresses the BRI process within the GMS on three levels: regional, individual recipient countries and the Chinese perspective. The case studies in the book will help to provide insights on Chinas growing economic influence in sub-regional Southeast Asia and its Belt and Road Initiative. This book will appeal to researchers interested in the BRI, China's relations with Southeast Asia and Chinas neighbourhood policy and how domestic considerations are influencing Chinas policy making.