One Belt, One Road

China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Highlights from Palgrave Macmillan

One Belt, One Road, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative, is a project initiated by the Chinese President Xi Jinping. The “One Belt” refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt, while the “One Road” refers to the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road. This project involves almost 65 countries and connects China to the world. Palgrave Macmillan has brought together a collection of scholarly research related to OBOR across business and economics, politics and international relations, religion, culture, history, linguistics, sociology… to help readers better understand OBOR, China and the countries involved in the new Silk Road plan.

Economics and Business

Read selected chapters from our titles.

Politics and International Relations

Read selected chapters from our titles.

Religion, Culture, History, Language and Sociology

Read selected chapters from our titles.