CEEC’s-China Mechanism of Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Idea to Institutionalisation – Six Years Later

Dimitrijević, Duško and Jokanović, Nikola (2020) CEEC’s-China Mechanism of Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative: From Idea to Institutionalisation – Six Years Later. Međunarodni problemi, LXXII (2). pp. 311-336. ISSN 0025-8555

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Abstract

The paper analyzes the process of institutionalization of intergovernmental cooperation and coordination ofstate policiesthrough the mechanism of cooperation between the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC) and China, known in the public as “16 + 1” (i.e., “17 + 1” starting in 2019). Through an eclectic picture of the development of contemporary international relations, the authors indicate in a methodologically accessiblemannerthatthismechanismof cooperation is a significant impetus for the development of international relations. Since China has taken a dominantrole in redefining the Global Management System, whose goals are balanced and sustainable international development, to achieve them, China has identified certain ideological frameworks that are present in its foreign policy through the Belt and Road Initiative. Through thisInitiative, China seeksto achieve the broader goals of the New Silk Road development strategy, which not only determines the directions of China’s internal development, but provides guidance for its strategic cooperation with neighbouring countries as well as with countries on other continents. Consequently, themechanismitselfthus plays an importantrole in strengthening China’sforeign policy position, not only with respect to CEEC, but also with respect to other European countries, including the EU as a whole.

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