Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry
- 作者: Toropchin G.V.1,2
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- Novosibirsk State Technical University
- Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
- 期: 卷 30, 编号 2 (2022): CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE POST-COVID ERA
- 页面: 168-178
- 栏目: Economic integration and globalization
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-2329/article/view/324187
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2022-30-2-168-178
- ID: 324187
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Rapid development of China’s internal nuclear market, together with its rise on the international arena and the declared transition to green economy, gave a crucial impetus to its aspirations to enter the international atomic market as a global exporter of nuclear technology. The aim of this article is to define the political and ideological foundations underpinning such an ambitious endeavor, as well as predict the related development in the short and mid-term perspective. The author utilizes both general scientific methods as well as statistical and comparative analysis to single out the directions of China’s nuclear market outreach, both regionally and globally. Pakistan, widely presented as a flagship example of China’s exporting its know-how in nuclear engineering, remains the only partner of a kind in the broader Asia-Pacific. This article demonstrates that Belt and Road Initiative (specifically, the Green Silk Road), out of all multiple formats, was arguably chosen by the Chinese government as the most suitable framework for expanding its influence in the nuclear domain and filling a certain gap which formed after Westinghouse and Areva (now Orano) got reorganised after encountering financial problems. At the same time, China’s bid for leadership in the sphere of nuclear technology is obstructed by some impediments. Among them are Russia’s dominance in breakthrough areas of nuclear engineering and Rosatom’s large market share, as well as lack of political will in some countries’ elites to build ties with China in this strategic realm, opting for competition instead.
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Gleb Toropchin
Novosibirsk State Technical University; Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
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Email: glebtoropchin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8055-1202
Candidate of Science (in History), Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Engineering Programmes, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, International Relations and Law, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
20 K. Marksa Ave., Novosibirsk, 630073, Russian Federation; 52 Kamenskaya St, Novosibirsk, 630099, Russian Federation参考
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