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Tabita Rosendal Ebbesen

Doctoral student

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Battle of the BRI's : How the West plans to challenge China’s rise through infrastructure, and why it might not succeed

Author

  • Tabita Rosendal Ebbesen

Summary, in English

Will the appeal of the Western-led global democratic order triumph over China’s pragmatic approach to infrastructure investments? In this op-ed, PhD student Tabita Rosendal Ebbesen, Lund University, explores the possibility that the two new infrastructure investment initiatives proposed by the US and EU might pose a challenge to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Department/s

  • Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University

Publishing year

2021-08-18

Language

English

Publication/Series

ThinkChina

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Status

Published

Project

  • Fragmented Power: Contemporary Chinese Governance Practices of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road