Kebijakan Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Tiongkok pada Masa Pemerintahan Xi Jinping

Abstract

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the ambitious economic policies issued during the reign of China Xi Jinping. BRI includes two aspects: the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. BRI is a gigantic project as it covers 2/3 of the global population and 3/4 of energy sources. This article tries to answer questions about why China issuing BRI policy by using the perspective of neorealism as a theory of international relations that includes the concept of national interest, the balance of power and hegemonic stability. The findings in this paper is divided into three premises, namely (1) the interest of China to secure supply lines of energy to the Middle East and Central Asia through cooperation with the countries in South Asia, (2) the ambition of China to take over the leadership role in Asia through the seizure of the fast train project financing with Japan, (3) China sought to challenge US both in Security and Economic fields. This paper is then expected to be used as a comparative material for similar studies and become contributions to the parties concerned.

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