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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31299</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2022-30-2-168-178</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Economic integration and globalization</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Экономическая интеграция и глобализация</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Атомный пояс и путь: выход Китая на международный ядерный рынок</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-1202</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Toropchin</surname><given-names>Gleb V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Торопчин</surname><given-names>Глеб Вячеславович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Science (in History), Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Engineering Programmes, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, International Relations and Law, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков технических факультетов, Новосибирский государственный технический университет; доцент кафедры мировой экономики, международных отношений и права, Новосибирский государственный университет экономики и управления</p></bio><email>glebtoropchin@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Novosibirsk State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Новосибирский государственный технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Новосибирский государственный университет экономики и управления</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-06-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>06</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE POST-COVID ERA</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЭФФЕКТИВНОГО ГЛОБАЛЬНОГО УПРАВЛЕНИЯ В ПОСТКОВИДНУЮ ЭПОХУ</issue-title><fpage>168</fpage><lpage>178</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-06-26"><day>26</day><month>06</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Toropchin G.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Торопчин Г.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Toropchin G.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Торопчин Г.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/31299">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/31299</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Rapid development of China’s internal nuclear market, together with its rise on the international arena and the declared transition to green economy, gave a crucial impetus to its aspirations to enter the international atomic market as a global exporter of nuclear technology. The aim of this article is to define the political and ideological foundations underpinning such an ambitious endeavor, as well as predict the related development in the short and mid-term perspective. The author utilizes both general scientific methods as well as statistical and comparative analysis to single out the directions of China’s nuclear market outreach, both regionally and globally. Pakistan, widely presented as a flagship example of China’s exporting its know-how in nuclear engineering, remains the only partner of a kind in the broader Asia-Pacific. This article demonstrates that Belt and Road Initiative (specifically, the Green Silk Road), out of all multiple formats, was arguably chosen by the Chinese government as the most suitable framework for expanding its influence in the nuclear domain and filling a certain gap which formed after Westinghouse and Areva (now Orano) got reorganised after encountering financial problems. At the same time, China’s bid for leadership in the sphere of nuclear technology is obstructed by some impediments. Among them are Russia’s dominance in breakthrough areas of nuclear engineering and Rosatom’s large market share, as well as lack of political will in some countries’ elites to build ties with China in this strategic realm, opting for competition instead.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Стремительное развитие внутреннего атомного рынка Китая, сопряженное с подъемом страны на международной арене и декларированным переходом к «зеленой» экономике, явилось значительным стимулом, обусловившим стремление государства к выходу на международный ядерный рынок в качестве глобального экспортера ядерных технологий. Цель работы состоит в определении политических и идеологических основ столь амбициозного проекта, а также прогнозировании развития соответствующих событий в кратко- и среднесрочной перспективах. Автор использует как общенаучные методы, так и анализ статистических данных и сравнительный анализ для выявления направлений выхода КНР на ядерный рынок, как в региональном, так и в глобальном масштабах. Пакистан, который называется в качестве наиболее яркого примера экспорта китайских разработок в сфере ядерной техники, остается для Китая единственным в АТР партнером подобного рода. Показано, что проект «Один пояс - один путь» (в частности «Зеленый шелковый путь») был выбран правительством КНР в качестве наиболее подходящего формата из всех доступных для расширения влияния страны в ядерном секторе и занятия ниши, образовавшейся после реорганизации компаний Westinghouse и Areva (ныне Orano) в связи с финансовыми проблемами. В то же время заявке Китая на лидерство в области ядерных технологий мешает ряд препятствий. Среди них доминирование России в прорывных областях ядерной техники и проектирования реакторов, значительная доля «Росатома» на международном рынке, а также дефицит политической воли элит некоторых стран, предпочитающих вместо выстраивания связей с Китаем в этой стратегической сфере конкурировать.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>nuclear power</kwd><kwd>nuclear market</kwd><kwd>BRI</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>атомная энергетика</kwd><kwd>ядерный рынок</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Abe, N. (2020). The NPT at fifty: Successes and failures. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 3(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/25751654.2020.1824500</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Andrews-Speed, P. (2020). The governance of nuclear power in China. 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