LOGISTICS & DIPLOMACY IV

 OUVRAGE DISPONIBLE EN VERSION ELECTRONIQUE UNIQUEMENT ! 

In the emerging global economic architecture, almost every major country in the world has their own connectivity plans, either individually or as a part of multilateral arrangements. Within the changing global geopolitical dynamics, connectivity strategies have become an important part of the national and regional narratives on connectivity diplomacy. Connectivity initiatives have both development dimensions and geopolitical dimensions, though the framework within which they operate may vary in terms of their origins, priorities, resource commitments and partnerships. Yet, the fact remains that these initiatives have come to drive domains such as transport and communications, trade and investment, energy, IT and digital connectivity, and notably social-cultural linkages. Competing connectivity strategies and their manifestations have therefore emerged as the core component of the geopolitics of the 21st century – a century characterised by intense great power relations and the fracturing of the international order. And within the multitude of connections that “connectivity” offers, is the understanding of a multi-ordered international arena that extends ample opportunities for creating increased convergences among different entities at varying levels of social organisations.

The 27 articles in this book highlight the different manifestations of connectivity within Eurasia and their implications for the dynamic transformative frameworks of action beyond traditional capabilities and polarity-based divisions of power competition.