Infrastructure and politics: Why the Belt and Road Initiative proceeded differently in Malaysia and Indonesia

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI:10.1111/apv.12371

Zhaohui Wang

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The article seeks to understand the different types and sources of politicisation as well as the consequences for Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure projects. It is argued that while the personalised insulated type of foreign policymaking is conducive to intra-system politicisation, the institutionalised responsive type is associated with extra-system politicisation. While the former type is contingent on political turnovers and brings about abrupt shocks, the latter oftentimes generates societal pushback from socio-economic groups. The article focuses on two flagship Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure projects in Malaysia and Indonesia. Based on fieldwork interviews and process tracing, the article finds that the East Coast Rail Link project in Malaysia has suffered from high risk of political interruption owing to Malaysia's personalised insulated type of foreign policymaking, whereas the Jakarta–Bandung High Speed Rail project in Indonesia has encountered sustained obstacles from Indonesian society and brought about substantial delays under Indonesia's institutionalised responsive type.

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基础设施和政治:为什么“一带一路”倡议在马来西亚和印度尼西亚的进展不同

本文旨在了解政治化的不同类型和来源，以及对“一带一路”基础设施项目的影响。有人认为，虽然个人化的孤立型外交政策制定有利于系统内政治化，但制度化的响应型外交政策制定与系统外政治化有关。前一种类型取决于政治变动并带来突然的冲击，而后一种类型往往会引起社会经济群体的社会抵制。本文重点关注马来西亚和印度尼西亚的两个“一带一路”旗舰基础设施项目。基于实地采访和过程追踪，文章发现马来西亚东海岸铁路项目由于马来西亚个性化的孤立型外交政策制定而遭受政治中断的高风险，而印度尼西亚的雅加达-万隆高速铁路项目则遇到了来自印度尼西亚社会的持续障碍，并在印度尼西亚的制度化响应型下带来了重大延误。

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期刊介绍： Asia Pacific Viewpoint is a journal of international scope, particularly in the fields of geography and its allied disciplines. Reporting on research in East and South East Asia, as well as the Pacific region, coverage includes: - the growth of linkages between countries within the Asia Pacific region, including international investment, migration, and political and economic co-operation - the environmental consequences of agriculture, industrial and service growth, and resource developments within the region - first-hand field work into rural, industrial, and urban developments that are relevant to the wider Pacific, East and South East Asia.