Present and potential factors destabilizing Central Asia as a challenge to the European Union

Fiedler, Radosław

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“…It should be emphasized that Iran is already a regional power and it is very unlikely that it would like to reduce its influence in the Middle East to please China. It is furthermore worth recalling that the same risks may appear in case of Central Asia (Fiedler, 2016).…”

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The Belt and Road Initi ati ve (BRI): Implications for Iran-China Relations

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2018

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In 2009 Ben Simpfendorfer published his bestselling book titled The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away From the West and Rediscovering China. He wrote among other things: "The Silk Road is about more than a trading route. It is about the historical, geographical, and religious ties that have bound the Silk Road economies together. The rise of China, the rise of oil prices, and the events after September 11 have reinvigorated them, making the Silk Road relevant once again" (Simpfendorfer, 2009: 166-167). The historical trade route was regaining its symbolic meaning. However, at the time nobody expected that four years later the Chinese leadership would propose a resurrection of the old land route and attempt to transform it into the biggest engineering project in world history. Although this time in a very modern way, the idea is the same. Its objective is to embrace landlocked states in Central Asia, establish land connections with Western Asia, Europe, as well as African partners, and become independent from naval powers, especially the US Navy, which controls all strategic points on the maritime route connecting East Asia with Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Europe.This article focuses on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its potential impact on Iran-China relations in the long term. Various political and economic aspects related to the BRI are taken into consideration. Would both sides benefit from the cooperation in the BRI framework or would one of them maybe have the upper hand? What are the main opportunities and challenges in the case of China-Iran relations and BRI implementation?The work is based on primary sources such as official governmental documents, speeches of influential politicians, and official statistical data. Besides these sources, information from secondary sources was taken into consideration. These sources were relevant monographs, reports, and academic articles. The BelT and Road InITIaTIve: an elemenT of The chInese GRand sTRaTeGYChina has been regaining its position in the international system since 1978, namely since the introduction of Deng Xiaoping reforms and the improvement of relations with the outside world. At the very beginning of the 21 st century, China became a symbol of economic success and the rapid development. Peter Ferdinand argues that "one

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The Belt and Road Initi ati ve (BRI): Implications for Iran-China Relations

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2018

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Present and potential factors destabilizing Central Asia as a challenge to the European Union

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