The Great Silk Road: From Sea to Sea
... neighboring regions. Sergey Luzyanin Today the situation appears much more optimistic. Xi's plan is definitely ambitious and long-term, reflecting the speed and specifics of China's geopolitical rise as an emerging superpower. The continental portion of the Great Silk Road – which also boasts a maritime section – clearly corresponds to Beijing's goals in Eurasia. On the other hand, the project is clearly not intended to undermine the SCO, where Russia and China are the main players, or the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), established January 2015. Besides, both the continental and the maritime paths still only exist on paper and have not yet been institutionalized in contrast to the SCO and the EEU. In view of projected scale, future investments ...