ABSTRACT
How does our knowledge of Japan’s past involvement in post-Soviet Central Asia help us understand Japan’s contemporary New Silk Road policy? The conclusion summarises key findings of the book and explores the implications of Asian connectivity infrastructure for our knowledge of Asian regionalisation in the post-Cold War and Belt and Road era, as well as for our understanding of contested pacifying effects of this regionalisation in Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific. In terms of policy relevance, it also makes suggestions for future research to examine the degree to which development finance is being supposedly politicised and weaponised, and potential implications of that process for Asian regional security.
