China's Economic Influence on Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans: Implications of the "One Belt One Road" Initiative and Chinese Global Revisionism

U ovom radu se analizira kineski gospodarski utjecaj u državama Srednje i Istočne Europe te Zapadnog Balkana. Naime, Kina djeluje unutar zapadno-liberalnog, kapitalističkog globalnog poretka i prihvaća njegova tržišna načela. Međutim, ona također izaziva trenutni poredak, tj. revidira ga, kroz nametanje sebe kao novog i pouzdanog ne-zapadnog partnera. Inicijative Jedan pojas, jedan put i 16+1 predstavljaju novi vid gospodarskih odnosa u Europi kroz miroljubivu suradnju. Štoviše, navedene inicijative predstavljaju i niz geostrateških koraka kojima se navedene europske regije nastoje tješnje povezati te da Kina ima bolji pristup Zapadnoj Europi.This paper analyzes the Chinese economic influence in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. Namely, China operates within the Western liberal, capitalist global order and accepts its market principles. However, it also challenges the current order, i.e. revises it, through imposing itself as a new and reliable non-Western partner. The One Belt, One Road and 16 + 1 initiatives represent a new form of economic relations in Europe through peaceful cooperation. Moreover, these initiatives represent a series of geostrategic steps by which these European regions seek to be more closely linked and that China has better access to Western Europe