Relação entre o investimento internacional em infraestrutura e o aumento de influência geopolítica: comparativo entre o Plano Marshall e a Nova Rota da Seda

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyze the increase in geopolitical influence of the United States in the post-World War II period and of China in recent years through a comparison between the European Recovery Program (ERP), better known as the Marshall Plan, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), popularly known as the New Silk Road. For the analysis, data from the United Kingdom and Italy were used for the first program and Italy and Pakistan for the case of the second. The results found were that, despite the aspects covered by the specialized literature, there is not enough basis in reality data to support the hypothesis of a decisive geopolitical influence on other countries, neither by the USA, within the scope of the Marshall Plan, nor by China, within the framework of the New Silk Road.