International institutions and power politics in the context of Chinese Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

The subject of international institutions and power politics continues to occupy a central position in the field of International Relations and to the world politics. It revolves around key questions on how rising states, regional powers and small states leverage international institutions for achieving social, political, economic gains for themselves. Taking into account one of the rising powers China and the role of international institutions in the contemporary international politics, this paper aims to demonstrate, how in pursuit of power politics, various states (Small, Regional and Great powers) utilise international institutions by making them adapt to the new power realities critical to world politics.