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Integration Perspectives of Eurasian Land-Based Transport Corridors: Empirical Evidence from the OBOR and Rail Baltica Initiatives

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  • Beifert Anatoli

    (Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Wismar Business School philipp-Müller-Str. 14 Wismar 23966, Germany)

  • Prause Gunnar

    (Department of Business Administration, School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5 Tallinn 19086, Estonia)

  • Shcherbanin Yury

    (Institute of Economic Forecasting (IEF) Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskii prospekt 47 Moscow 117418, Russia)

Abstract

Land-based Trans-Eurasian transport corridors, their current development and perspectives have been high on the political agenda in the last two decades not only in Europe and China but also in the transit countries such as russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. A number of conceptual initiatives are already being implemented. The Belt and road or the one Belt, one road (oBor) initiative on the Chinese side and the rail Baltica project from the European perspective have gained special attention. Big-scale infrastructural projects are also being implemented by transit countries, e.g., the construction of a motorway from China to Europe—from Kazakhstan via russia to Belarus—to facilitate the land-based shortcut for cargo transport within the Eurasian transport corridor. This article investigates the general framework conditions of infrastructural investments into projects related to Eurasian logistics and discusses strategic areas of intersection between the European activities and the new Silk Way. in the framework of the oBor initiative, this article also addresses the interaction of the Chinese–Kazakh–russian–Belarusian –polish railway transport, with a special focus on Belarusian–polish cross-border issues. The authors have participated in several projects focusing on transport corridors and discuss the research question of how different Eurasian land-based transport corridors can be integrated and which strategic role can the rail Baltica project play in the context of the new Silk route. The research is based on surveys, expert interviews, secondary data research and case studies.

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  • Beifert Anatoli & Prause Gunnar & Shcherbanin Yury, 2020. "Integration Perspectives of Eurasian Land-Based Transport Corridors: Empirical Evidence from the OBOR and Rail Baltica Initiatives," TalTech Journal of European Studies, Sciendo, vol. 10(3), pages 3-25, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:bjeust:v:10:y:2020:i:3:p:3-25:n:1
    DOI: 10.1515/bjes-2020-0019
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