TY - BOOK AU - LAURIDSEN Laurids S. TI - Drivers of China's regional infrastructure diplomacy: the case of the Sino-Thai Railway project PY - 2020/// KW - CHINA KW - THAILAND KW - BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE KW - BRI KW - INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT KW - SOUTHEAST ASIA N2 - This article analyses the Sino-Thai rail project in the context of the broader Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It examines the rationale behind Chinese rail diplomacy in Thailand. It seeks to answer the following questions: what are the driving forces behind the SREB initiative; what are the rationales behind the Sino-Thai rail project; and, how can the process and outcome of Sino-Thai negotiations be understood? UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472336.2019.1603318 ER -