ILIAS ILIOPOULOS

The New Silk Road from the Far East to Turkey and the Middle East, and the Quest for Regional Hegemony

RISOS Publications

ATHENS 2022

Table of Contents

Preface................................................................................................................................................ 7

Chapter 1: Definition of fundamental terms and concepts.................. 22

1.1. Geography, Geopolitics, Geostrategy................................................................... 22

1.2. On Great Powers, Regional Powers,

            and Hegemony................................................................................................................. 32

Chapter 2: The Hegemonic Aspirant and the New Silk    

   Road: The People’s Republic of China............................................................. 39

2.1. The Land Power – Sea Power dichotomy

 and the One Belt, One Road, or Belt and Road 

 Initiative: A Continentalist Strategy with

a Maritime Component......................................................................................... 39

2.2. A Land Power goes to Sea: Turning Blue

as a precondition of Regional Hegemony..................................................... 59

Chapter 3:  Ruling Power U.S. vs. Rising Power PRC.

  The New Silk Road in the light of the 

     Sea Power – Land Power rivalry:....................................................................... 87

Chapter 4: The significance of the Middle East and

    Turkey for the New Silk Road............................................................................ 101

4.1. The New Silk Road and the Middle East......................................... 101

4.2. Turkey............................................................................................................................ 110

4.3. Egypt............................................................................................................................... 129

4.4. Iran.................................................................................................................................. 134

4.5. Israel............................................................................................................................... 137

Chapter 5: The view from India and the Far East. 

Regional and extra-Regional Powers...................................................... 143

5.1. India................................................................................................................................ 143

5.2. Japan............................................................................................................................... 148

5.3. Vietnam......................................................................................................................... 154

5.4. Australia........................................................................................................................ 162

5.5. Britain............................................................................................................................ 165

5.6. France............................................................................................................................. 173

Special Chapter: The Republic of China (Taiwan):

The keystone of Eastern Geopolitics.................................................... 176

Annex: Maps............................................................................................................................. 230

Conclusions............................................................................................................................... 233

Bibliography............................................................................................................................ 239

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