“One Belt, One Road”: China's New Global Strategy

Abstract

The “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative has been a topic of hot debate among Sinologists and pundits in recent years. What is the nature of this foreign policy and how is it implemented under the Xi Jinping administration? By examining China's OBOR initiative, this article argues that OBOR is not only a regional policy but a grand global strategy for achieving the “Chinese Dream”. While there is little chance that China will be able to create a large area of influence around the world, the potential impact on global politics cannot be overlooked.

Keywords:

• China's foreign policy
• “One Belt
• One Road” (OBOR)
• East Asia

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Rumi Aoyama

Rumi AOYAMA is currently professor of the Research Institute of Current Chinese Affairs, School of Education, Waseda University, Japan. She was a visiting researcher at the Stanford University between 2005 and 2006. She received her Ph. D. in Law from Graduate School of Law, Keio University. Her specialty is Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy. Her Contemporary China's Foreign Policy (Gendai chuugoku no gaikou) was honored with the 24th Masayoshi Ohira Foundation Memorial Prize. Her other most recent publications include: China and the Future of International Order (Co-authored with Satoshi Ainako, University of Tokyo Press, 2015); China's Asia Policy in the Post-cold War Era, (University of Tokyo Press, 2013); China's Global Strategy (Akashi Press, 2011); China's Public Diplomacy Strategy (The Japan Foundation, 2009).