Securing the Belt and Road Initiative: Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments

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This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People’s Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the views of a wide range of scholars. President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI), aimed to promote economic development and exchanges with China for over 60 countries, necessitates a wide range of security procedures. While the threats to Chinese enterprises and Chinese workers based on foreign soil are poised to increase, there is an urgent need to develop new guidelines for risk assessment, special insurance and crisis management. While the Chinese State Owned Enterprises are expanding their international reach capabilities, they still do not have the capacity to assure adequate security. In such a climate, this collection will be of profound value to policy makers, those working in the financial sector, and academics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Alessandro Arduino, Xue Gong)....Pages 3-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 The Uneven Regulation of Private Security in ASEAN Member States (Sebastian Booth, Cindy J. Smith)....Pages 17-38 China’s Belt and Road Security: The Increasing Role of Insurance and Private Security Companies (Alessandro Arduino)....Pages 39-59 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 Singapore’s Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (Sarah Y. Tong, Tuan Yuen Kong)....Pages 63-80 Resolving the Malacca Dilemma: Malaysia’s Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (Guanie Lim)....Pages 81-99 The PRC’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Southeast Asia, and the United States (Kerry Brown)....Pages 101-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 China Power Investment Corporation in Myanmar (Xue Gong)....Pages 121-146 CSR as a Tool to Mitigate Risk for the B&R Initiative: The Case of Thailand (Zhimin Tang)....Pages 147-161 China, Securing “Belt and Road Initiative”: Risk Management (HaoMing Zhou)....Pages 163-177 Front Matter ....Pages 179-179 One Belt, One Road in Central Asia: Progress, Challenges, and Implications (Farkhod Tolipov)....Pages 181-195 Securing CPEC: Challenges, Responses and Outcomes (Khuram Iqbal)....Pages 197-214 Uyghur Militant Activity in Southeast Asia and Its Security Implications (Pinjie Sun)....Pages 215-233 Chinese Investments in the Arab Maelstrom (James M. Dorsey)....Pages 235-254 Front Matter ....Pages 255-255 Beyond Ports and Transport Infrastructure: The Geo-Economic Impact of the BRI on the European Union (Alessia A. Amighini)....Pages 257-273 China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the 16+1 Platform: The Case of the Czech Republic (Alica Kizeková)....Pages 275-297 Back Matter ....Pages 299-308