Bipolar Disorder in Geopolitical Strategy Within Eurasia: When Will the “New Great Game” Adjust to Reality?  

作　　者：David A.Jones 

机构地区：[1]University of Warsaw,Warsaw,Poland [2]Norwich University,Northfield,Vermont,USA

出　　处：《International Relations and Diplomacy》2022年第5期207-228,共22页国际关系与外交（英文版）

摘　　要：Current geopolitical strategies of countries or trading partners reflect a“New Great Game”in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic,especially across Eurasia.Strategies range from modification of China’s decade-long“Belt and Road”Initiative,Russian Federation’s Eurasian Union,to Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific geopolitical program,coupled with“Build Back Better World”(“B3W”)initiative advanced by the Group of Seven(G7)at its 12 June 2021 meeting at Carbis Bay,Cornwall,England.This came as United States forces withdrew from Afghanistan chaotically.Russia,China,and the West each compete to become the more effective chess player in Eurasia.Competitor countries have developed traditional and novel soft power tools to construct relationships across that supercontinent.What countries will endure,meet the test of time?This chapter will address those issues individually,collectively,drawing upon forecasts advanced in this century,post-pandemic assessments,with triangulation of information available currently in the literature of“New Great Game”players.Much is at stake,from Eurasia’s future to prospective statehood in East Turkmenistan(China’s Xinjiang)to peace across Asia,global tranquility.All nations must meet global expectations and regulations,be rewarded when they do,ostracized in failure.Brazil,India,and countries driving trade should be considered seriously for greater roles in global governance.

关 键 词：Afghanistan B3B BRI C5 China EURASIA G7 “Great Game” Mandala Doctrine(Opposite Borders) Russia TALIBAN United States 

分 类 号：D81[政治法律—国际关系]