China's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia | Daniel Markey

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Business, Government

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 207 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Daniel Markey, Senior Expert on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace who recently served as senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and as the academic director of the school's Global Policy Program. He is also the author of "China's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia," which provides the roadmap for this conversation.

In the first part of their discussion, Demetri and Daniel examine how the communist party in China views the lands, countries, and regions to its west, both historically and in terms of its contemporary security concerns and economic ambitions. How do its Eurasian neighbors view China? What motivates the CCP's influence campaigns, investments, and diplomatic overtures in its Western region? We also discuss China's Belt & Road initiative, and how it fits into a larger economic and political vision for a stronger, wealthier, and more assertive China on the international stage.

In the Overtime, the conversation shifts to how the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan is beginning to alter the geopolitical dynamics of the Greater Middle East by putting pressure on existing relationships, while opening the door to new partnerships and strategic alliances. Daniel explains what this means for the durability of China's strategic partnership with Russia, how the internal politics of Pakistan and its relations with India are affected by China's increased involvement there, and the economic and security implications of these developments for other regional players such as Kazakhstan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and what this means for US policy in the region.

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Episode Recorded on 08/30/2021

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? My name is Demetrica Venus and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.3	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus
0:13.0	narratives and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.8	My guest in this week's episode is Daniel Markey. Daniel is senior expert on South Asia at
0:25.0	the United States Institute of Peace and served until recently as senior research professor
0:30.3	at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and as the academic
0:35.5	director of the school's global policy program. He is also the author of China's Western Horizon,
0:42.0	Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia, which provides the roadmap for today's conversation.
0:48.8	In the first part of our discussion, we look at how the Communist Party in China
0:53.0	views the lands, countries and regions to its west, both historically and in terms of its
0:59.5	contemporary security concerns and economic ambitions. How do its Eurasian neighbors view China?
1:06.3	What motivates the CCP's influence campaigns, investments and diplomatic over chores in its
1:12.1	western region? We also discuss China's Belt and Road Initiative and how it fits into a larger
1:18.0	economic and political vision for a stronger, wealthier and more assertive China on the international
1:24.6	stage. In the second part of our conversation, we focus on how the recent U.S. withdrawal from
1:30.5	Afghanistan is already beginning to alter the geopolitical dynamics of the greater Middle East
1:37.2	by putting pressure on existing relationships while opening the door to new partnerships
1:43.0	and strategic alliances. We look at what this means for the durability of China's strategic
1:48.8	partnership with Russia, how the internal politics of Pakistan and its relations with India are
1:54.1	affected by China's increased involvement there, as well as the economic and security implications
1:59.9	of these developments for other regional players, such as Kazakhstan, Iran and Saudi Arabia,
2:06.0	and what all of this means for U.S. policy in the region. So without any further ado,
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