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An exploration of how the Belt and Road Initiative seeks to shape international order, through politics and infrastructure, with China at its center   Over the past decade China has put infrastructural and urban development at the heart of a strategy aimed at nothing less than the transformation of international order. The Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to revitalize and reconnect the ancient Silk Roads that linked much of the world before the rise of the West, is an attempt to place China at the center of this new international order, one shaped by Chinese power, norms, and values. It seeks to do so, in part, by shaping our shared urban future.   Simon Curtis and Ian Klaus explore how China’s specific investments in urban development—cities, roads, railways, ports, digital and energy connectivity—are directly linked to its foreign policy goals. Curtis and Klaus examine the implications of these developments as they evolve across this vast region.   The distinctive model of international order and urban life emerging with the rise of Chinese power and influence offers a potential rival to that which accompanied the rise and zenith of Western power, marking a new age of infrastructural geopolitics and Great Power competition.

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“The Belt and Road City is a must read for urbanists and foreign policy specialists alike. Compellingly and with a breadth of viewpoints that literally span continents, Curtis and Klaus call on us to set aside ‘grand masterplan’ visions of the BRI, whilst not ditching the momentous impact that some of these Chinese-influenced developments have on urban lives and forms the world over.”—Michele Acuto, University of Melbourne  

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Simon Curtis is associate professor in international relations at the University of Surrey and senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. His books include Global Cities and Global Order. He lives in Surrey, UK. Ian Klaus is founding director of Carnegie California and former senior adviser for global cities at the US Department of State. His books include Forging Capitalism. He lives in California.

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