Author: Zeki Talustan GÜLTEN

The Belt and Road Initiative, announced in Kazakhstan in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping,[1] includes different economic corridors The corridors in question pass through various countries and cities using many routes. In this context, it can be said that the corridors in question are the main branches of the Belt and Road Initiative and each corridor has a different importance according to the routes through which it passes. In this context, it is useful to examine the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC). So it can be said that this corridor has a very important and critical role. Because the corridor…

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China’s growing power and growing economic sphere of influence have given Beijing the opportunity to compete globally with the United States (US). Because, although the rivalry between Washington and Beijing has geopolitical and geostrategic dimensions,[1] it can be argued that it is a struggle based on geoeconomics. The situation in question is described as the “New Cold War” by many analysts.[2] Undoubtedly, the Belt and Road Initiative, which was founded in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Kazakhstan and has continued to grow since then, plays a decisive role in this struggle and China’s increasing global…

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China has adopted a much more global vision with[1] its foreign expansion policy, which it started with Deng Xiaoping in 1978. The policy in question developed on an economic basis. This foreign expansion policy has resulted in the rapid growth of the Chinese economy. This growth started to bear fruit in the 2000s, and after the global economic crisis[2] that started in 2008, China overtook Japan in 2010 to become the world’s second largest economy.[3] On the other hand, it is predicted by many analysts and academics that China will overtake the United States of America (USA) in 2050 to…

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