Benjamin Barton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3940615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Barton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Barton |
| SIGNATURE | BARTON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8167-4872 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testbed or Thoroughfare? Africa’s Place in China’s Evolving Grand Strategy
"All for One and None for All"? A Regime Theory Reappraisal of South–South Cooperation's Geopolitical Erosion
In its heyday, South–South Cooperation (SSC) epitomized (among others) geopolitical contestation—from its genesis at the 1955 Bandung conference to the heights of the 1978 Buenos Aires Action Plan. Contemporaneously, SSC has lost much of its geopolitical significance and is instead associated with apoliticality in the form of, inter alia, technical cooperation between Global South states. International development scholars have applied periodizat…
The Doraleh Disputes
The Maritime Silk Road Effect in Djibouti
Infrastructure Nationalism and Political Vulnerability - Examining the Stalled Negotiations Over the Bagamoyo Port Project During Magufuli's Reign
The Bagamoyo Port Project (BPP) was meant to have set in motion the development of East Africa's largest port. Yet, with the advent of former President John P. Magufuli to power in October 2015, the BPP has led a chequered existence. This article explores the dynamics behind the stalled talks over the BPP by emphasising Magufuli's penchant for developmentalism, nationalism and authoritarianism ultimately as a political strategy designed to mask h…
The Belt-and-Road Initiative as a paradigm change for European Union-China security cooperation? The case of Central Asia
Agency and Autonomy in the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
Touted as the second coming of the Hambantota debt-for-equity swap deal, the ongoing legal dispute pitting Dubai Ports (DP) World (United Arab Emirates) and China Merchants Port (CMP) over the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) (Djibouti) in front of the Hong Kong High Courts has been hastily interpreted as yet another act of Chinese economic statecraft. Yet, when looking more closely at the specifics of this dispute, it would appear that the evide…
Leveraging the “String of Pearls” for strategic gains? An assessment of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative’s (MSRI) economic/security nexus in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
Since the launch of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), observers have witnessed the consolidation of a growing Chinese presence in ports around the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This growing presence has caused alarm among skeptics who view the MSRI as a second coming of the String of Pearls (SoP). Indeed, China is seen as leveraging MSRI port investments in return for national strategic and geopolitical gain, such as ultimately gaining a mil…
China's security policy in Africa
This paper discusses the application of the non-interference principle in the context of China’s security policy in Africa, to determine the extent to which we are witnessing an evolution in the application of this principle. Indeed, as seen with the recent opening of the military base in Djibouti or with China’s contribution to peace talks in South Sudan, it would appear that the non-intervention principle is undergoing a course reversal. This p…
Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement
The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences still remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the field of international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of successful Somali …
Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement
The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf…
Agency and Autonomy in the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
Touted as the second coming of the Hambantota debt-for-equity swap deal, the ongoing legal dispute pitting Dubai Ports (DP) World (United Arab Emirates) and China Merchants Port (CMP) over the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) (Djibouti) in front of the Hong Kong High Courts has been hastily interpreted as yet another act of Chinese economic statecraft. Yet, when looking more closely at the specifics of this dispute, it would appear that the evide…
Infrastructure Nationalism and Political Vulnerability - Examining the Stalled Negotiations Over the Bagamoyo Port Project During Magufuli's Reign
The Bagamoyo Port Project (BPP) was meant to have set in motion the development of East Africa's largest port. Yet, with the advent of former President John P. Magufuli to power in October 2015, the BPP has led a chequered existence. This article explores the dynamics behind the stalled talks over the BPP by emphasising Magufuli's penchant for developmentalism, nationalism and authoritarianism ultimately as a political strategy designed to mask h…
Testbed or Thoroughfare? Africa’s Place in China’s Evolving Grand Strategy
Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement
The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences still remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the field of international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of successful Somali …
Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement
The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf…
China's security policy in Africa
This paper discusses the application of the non-interference principle in the context of China’s security policy in Africa, to determine the extent to which we are witnessing an evolution in the application of this principle. Indeed, as seen with the recent opening of the military base in Djibouti or with China’s contribution to peace talks in South Sudan, it would appear that the non-intervention principle is undergoing a course reversal. This p…
Leveraging the “String of Pearls” for strategic gains? An assessment of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative’s (MSRI) economic/security nexus in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
Since the launch of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), observers have witnessed the consolidation of a growing Chinese presence in ports around the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This growing presence has caused alarm among skeptics who view the MSRI as a second coming of the String of Pearls (SoP). Indeed, China is seen as leveraging MSRI port investments in return for national strategic and geopolitical gain, such as ultimately gaining a mil…
The Belt-and-Road Initiative as a paradigm change for European Union-China security cooperation? The case of Central Asia
Agency and Autonomy in the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
Touted as the second coming of the Hambantota debt-for-equity swap deal, the ongoing legal dispute pitting Dubai Ports (DP) World (United Arab Emirates) and China Merchants Port (CMP) over the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) (Djibouti) in front of the Hong Kong High Courts has been hastily interpreted as yet another act of Chinese economic statecraft. Yet, when looking more closely at the specifics of this dispute, it would appear that the evide…
The Doraleh Disputes
The Maritime Silk Road Effect in Djibouti
Infrastructure Nationalism and Political Vulnerability - Examining the Stalled Negotiations Over the Bagamoyo Port Project During Magufuli's Reign
The Bagamoyo Port Project (BPP) was meant to have set in motion the development of East Africa's largest port. Yet, with the advent of former President John P. Magufuli to power in October 2015, the BPP has led a chequered existence. This article explores the dynamics behind the stalled talks over the BPP by emphasising Magufuli's penchant for developmentalism, nationalism and authoritarianism ultimately as a political strategy designed to mask h…
Testbed or Thoroughfare? Africa’s Place in China’s Evolving Grand Strategy
"All for One and None for All"? A Regime Theory Reappraisal of South–South Cooperation's Geopolitical Erosion
In its heyday, South–South Cooperation (SSC) epitomized (among others) geopolitical contestation—from its genesis at the 1955 Bandung conference to the heights of the 1978 Buenos Aires Action Plan. Contemporaneously, SSC has lost much of its geopolitical significance and is instead associated with apoliticality in the form of, inter alia, technical cooperation between Global South states. International development scholars have applied periodizat…
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · China (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (3 works)