Author: Dr. Doğacan BAŞARAN

In international politics, China is a state that is increasing its soft power day by day, both with its consistent and sensitive attitude of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states and the positive image created by the fact that it has never attempted to invade any state. Beijing is considered a reliable actor with its approach to inter-state relations, which centers on mutual respect and develops win-win relations. In this sense, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, announced during Xi Jinping’s visit to Kazakhstan in 2013 after he became President of China, has attracted the attention of many countries…

The Belt and Road Initiative, announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Kazakhstan on September 7, 2013, with the proposal of a “New Silk Road” in line with the goal of reviving the “Historical Silk Road”, reflects a peaceful world imagination based on cooperation shaped on a win-win logic in terms of proposing to establish new cooperation in a period of increasing competition and contradictions between states at the global level. The initiative, which aims to connect China and Europe, aims to increase international integration through transportation routes, energy routes and telecommunications. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)…