Transcontinental Silk Road strategies : comparing China, Japan and South Korea in Uzbekistan / Timur Dadabaev.

London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

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"This book explores the formation of the discourse of engagement with the Central Asian region through the notion of the Silk Road in China, Japan and South Korea whilst highlighting formats of engagement and cooperation in Eurasia. The impact of various concepts, including the One Belt One Road initiative, undertaken by China, Japan and South Korea to improve regional cooperation and regionalism are analysed to encourage wider theoretical discussions of Central Asian-specific forms of cooperation and relationships. The author argues along a constructivist line to demonstrate that, in contrast to positivist explanations, it is not only the material factors and interests of state that motivate engagement with Central Asia. Instead, by proposing that cultural and institutional factors establish an environment for actors in global politics, the author suggests that cultural environment and identity additionally affect states' behavioural incentives for cooperating. This timely book is a helpful reference for researchers and students in the fields of International relations in Asia, International Area Studies, including China, Korea, Japan and Central Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

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Print version: Dadabaev, Timur, 1975- Transcontinental Silk Road strategies London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

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August 08, 2024

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Discursive power of Silk Road in China, Japan and South Korea's foreign policies toward Central Asia; 2 Evolution of the Silk Road into a foreign policy discourse; 3 Discourses of rivalry or rivalry of discourses?; 4 Japanese and Chinese infrastructure development strategies in Central Asia; 5 Chinese, Japanese and South Korean economic cooperation road maps for Uzbekistan; 6 The Chinese economic offensive in post-Karimov Uzbekistan; 7 Revisiting Japan's Silk Road master-narratives; 8 South Korea's modernizing power in Uzbekistan; Conclusions: the last Asian frontier?