Essays about: "Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

  1. 1. Reinventing the Middle Kingdom : A case study of Chinese spread of authoritarianism through International Organizations

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Anton Altgård; [2022]
    Keywords : ASEAN; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; authoritarianism; Belt and Road Initiative; China; democracy; democratization; democratic backsliding; international organizations; liberalism; one-China Policy; realism; rational actor theory;

    Abstract : The liberal theory of international relations primarily associates international cooperation with liberal democratic states, to the point that a theory of scholars Poast and Urpelainen claim that international cooperation with consolidated democracies through international organizations may boost the democratization of or at least prevent democratic backsliding in non-consolidated democracies. This paper investigates the possibility of decoupling these theories from democracies and democratizing by examining whether Chinese efforts within the framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road foreign policy project have a similar but reverse effect on its target states, prompting developments in authoritarian directions. READ MORE

  2. 2. China’s use of soft- and hard power under the leadership of Xi Jinping

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linda Ljuslin; [2022]
    Keywords : Soft power; China; India; Pakistan;

    Abstract : Under the leadership of Xi Jinping China has become even more engaged with the world. Some examples of the increased engagement are China’s initiating of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, as well as the joining of the International Monetary Fund and the engagement in international peacekeeping operations. READ MORE

  3. 3. Bound to Benefit: Exploring How Gender Roles and Relations Shape Women’s Access to Economic Growth from Connectivity: One Case of the Road Corridor in Armenia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Emelie Staffas; [2021]
    Keywords : inclusive growth; gender inequalities; transport infrastructure; road corridors; Armenia; Asian Development Bank; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study takes off from gender studies, aiming to identify and explore the relations and roles that people share in society that shape their daily lives. Road corridor investments and how they affect women are argued to be in the middle of a development dilemma where three global agendas that appear incompatible are yet promoted simultaneously. READ MORE

  4. 4. The New Policy Direction : A qualitative content analysis of United Kingdom’s motivations for being the first western country to join The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Edholm; [2020]
    Keywords : United Kingdom; China; foreign policy; AIIB;

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  5. 5. European Countries Choosing Chinese Investment Instruments: An Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Imtiaz Hassan; [2020]
    Keywords : Actorness; BRI; Coherence; CFSP; EU; Member states’ responses; Levels of engagement; Policy; Policy change; Institutions; Structures.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Masters’ thesis attempts to identify why European countries choose Chinese investment instruments despite their participation in the European single market and access to European Union (EU) resources and technical assistance. Since their inception in 2013, EU members as well as EU partner states in Europe have been divided on their approach towards joining the Chinese investment instruments- namely Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - due to the absence of a common EU policy in this regard. READ MORE