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Chinese presence in the Western Balkans in the context of a conflicted multipolar world

Borko Ivanković ; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska


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str. 119-152

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China is the fastest growing economic, technological and military ‎power in the twenty-first century. Its activities are strategic and‎ planned, and so is its approach to the Western Balkans. China’s‎ growing power has brought it into conflict with the US. The reason ‎for this conflict partly lies in Thucydides trap and partly in ‎the offensive realism, as this paper shows. This conflict is still in ‎latent stage, with sporadic open confrontations (such as economic ‎war from 2018). Both countries act asymmetrically towards each‎ other. China’s global strategic project Belt and Road Initiative is ‎part of its positioning toward the US, as well as the basis of its future ‎economic growth. The Western Balkans is an important part ‎of the Belt and Road Initiative because of its geostrategic position,‎ as it represents the gateway to Europe. Chinese projects as part‎ of Belt and Road Initiative in the Western Balkans demonstrate‎ China’s strategic approach to this region. The lack of a European ‎perspective of the countries of the Western Balkans and their inherent ‎in stability enables the expansion of China’s soft power in‎ this area.‎

Ključne riječi

China; Belt and Road; Western Balkans; soft power; geostrategic

Hrčak ID:

303587

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/303587

Datum izdavanja:

7.6.2023.

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