China's Private Army Protecting the New Silk Road /

• Main Author: Arduino, Alessandro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Politics and war.; Asia-Politics and government.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Military and Defence Studies.; Asian Politics.; Asian Economics.

This book illustrates the role that Private Security Companies (PSC) with 'Chinese characteristics' play in protecting people and property associated with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The revival of the ancient Silk Road economic "belt," combined with the 21st Century sea...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Protecting the New Silk Road
• Chapter 2: From Shadow to Hype
• Chapter 3: Protecting Chinese Overseas Interests
• Chapter 4: Globalization and the Market of Force
• Chapter 5: Conclusion.