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The BRI as an Iterative Project: Influencing the Politics of Conflict-Affected States and Being Shaped by the Risks of Fragile Settings

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Adhikari M (2023) The BRI as an Iterative Project: Influencing the Politics of Conflict-Affected States and Being Shaped by the Risks of Fragile Settings. Journal of Contemporary China. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2238630

Abstract
This article examines the impact of the BRI on the peace processes of conflict-affected states (CAS) bordering China, namely Nepal and Myanmar. It underscores the need to assess the impact of the BRI as an iterative process: where the BRI impacts the political economy of host CAS; but also how contextual specificities of the CAS, undertaking a peace process, are reshaping the delivery of the BRI. Here, the article first outlines that the BRI is not only physically transforming host CAS through infrastructure and connectivity but also influencing the core agenda of the peace processes, notably federalism, through the uneven distribution of benefits of infrastructural development. Second, the challenges of working in the complex settings of CAS, with fragmented state authority, and political uncertainty have also brought significant changes in the delivery of the BRI and Chinese diplomacy broadly.

Journal
Journal of Contemporary China

StatusIn Press
FundersFCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Publication date online23/07/2023
Date accepted by journal18/05/2023
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/35314
ISSN1067-0564
eISSN1469-9400

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Dr Monalisa Adhikari

Dr Monalisa Adhikari

Senior Lecturer, Politics