This book analyzes the origins and the impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on diplomacy, economy (trade, investment, finance), and security among selected host countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and the European Union.
Mehdi P. Amineh is Senior Lecturer and affiliated fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden University, the Netherlands, and Program Director of the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) at the same institute.