China’s New Silk Road Strategy and the Turkish Middle Corridor Vision

作     者：Mordechai Chaziza 

作者机构：Department of Politics and Governance and the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies in Social ScienceAshkelon Academic CollegeAshkelonIsrael 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》 (亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第15卷第1期

页      面：34-50页

学科分类：030207[法学-国际关系] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 

主　　题：Strategic partnership middle corridor belt and road initiative connectivity trade and investments 

摘      要：Turkey is one of the main regional powers in the Middle East,a member of OECD and NATO,a quasi-member of the European Union(EU),and an Islamic Turkic-speaking country with a close relationship with Central *** article’s main argument is that China’s strategic partnership framework with Turkey is based on shared or mutual complementary economic and commercial interests,especially the integration of Turkey’s Middle Corridor vision into the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).However,the synergy between the two grand schemes largely depends on the quality of the bilateral relationship and the development of the Sino-Turkish relations to a comprehensive strategic *** one of the leading powers in the Middle East,Ankara also has a vital part to play in China’s BRI which aims to build links between East Asia,Central Asia,West Asia,Africa,and Europe both overland and by sea.