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Roads to Power? The political effects of infrastructure projects in Asia
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Kinas Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) omtales gjerne som et forsøk på å øke Kinas politiske innflytelse i sine nærområder. Men stemmer det at økonomiske investeringer i infrastrukturprosjekter, som vei og tog, fører til økt politiske innflytelse i et annet land?
ROADS forsøker å finne svar på dette ved å studere Kinas rolle som investor i infrastrukturprosjekter – tog, vei, digitalt – i ulike land. Ved å kombinere systematiske analyser av investeringer i ulike regioner, med mer inngående analyser av politiske prosesser i enkeltland, vil vil kunne identifisere hvorvidt Kinas innflytelse har økt, på hvilken måte dette har skjedd, og med hvilke konsekvenser.
Målet er å bidra til en mer nyansert og dypere forståelse av hvorvidt BRI gir Kina økt politisk innflytelse, samt vise hvilke faktorer som støtter opp under, og eventuelt undergraver, den politiske effekten av investeringer i infrastruktur i andre land.
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