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

This PhD project focuses on contemporary Chinese governance practices of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR), part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). By looking at port projects in several countries, the project aims to add a more nuanced account of Chinese governance pursuits with non-West centric considerations as a starting point. In addition, the project aims to tackle the empirical “knowledge gap” of port projects that are run in relative silence or seclusion, in the hopes that this will enable scholars to better analyze the implications of the MSR’s continued implementation.

This project was begun in September 2020, and it is expected that the project will be published after 4 years, i.e. September 2024.