Middle East in the One Belt One Road initiative: a pathway or a strategic partner?

• Authors: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

Title variants

PL

Bliski Wschód w inicjatywie One Belt One Road: ścieżka czy partner strategiczny?

Abstracts

PL

W artykule omówiono rolę państw Bliskiego Wschodu i Afryki Północnej w chińskim projekcie Jednego pasa i jednej drogi ( One Belt One Road, OBOR), który stanowi reaktywację Jedwabnego Szlaku. Analizę usytuowano w kontekście rywalizacji amerykańsko-chińskiej w regionie oraz przewagi konkurencyjnej Chin jako strategicznego partnera państw Bliskiego Wschodu i Afryki Północnej. Podkreślono znaczenie współpracy o charakterze ekonomicznym dla obu stron, która odgrywa kluczową rolę w kształtowaniu OBOR w regionie. Jednym z głównych wniosków analizy jest to, że Chiny są mniej kłopotliwym wizerunkowo partnerem dla państw Bliskiego Wschodu i Afryki Północnej niż Stany Zjednoczone.

EN

The article discusses the role of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa in the Chinese One Belt One Road (OBOR) project, which is the reactivation of the Silk Road. It frames the analysis in the context of the US-Chinese rivalry in the region and China's competitive advantage as a strategic partner of the Middle East and North African countries. The article emphasizes the importance of economic cooperation for both parties, which plays a key role in shaping OBOR in the region. One of the main is that China is a less troubling partner for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, compared to the United States.

Keywords

EN

Middle East; One Belt One Road; China

PL

Bliski Wschód; Jeden pas i jedna droga; Chiny

• Publisher: Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula w Warszawie
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Polityka
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 4(73)
• Pages: 13-26

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

• https://orcid.org/0000000211216240

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34765/sp.0422.a01

Biblioteka Nauki

2195822