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La poliorcetica come chiave interpretativa dell’India–Middle East– Europe Economic Corridor
Polyorchetics as a interpretative key to the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
Gallo, Andrea
2025
Abstract
In the current geostrategic competition, transcontinen¬tal transportation infrastructures emerge as decisive in¬struments of power projection. This contribution proposes an interpretation that integrates Spykman’s Rimland theo¬ry with the concept of “breach” borrowed from poliorchet¬ics, transposing it to the analysis of global connectivity networks. In this perspective, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is conceptualized as a multilevel “fortification” aimed at consolidating Chinese influence in the Rimland area of influence, while the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) is identified as the strategic “breach” that fits into a relatively less consolidated segment in order to destabilize the BRI intermodal system. The methodology is elaborated by applying concepts transposed from the art of sieges, identifying three differ¬ent phases for the identification, modeling and opening of the breach. The study highlights how IMEC exploits geo¬political and infrastructural asymmetries to circumvent critical choke points such as Hormuz and Suez, diversify Indo-European connectivity, and challenge the BRI’s logis¬tical hegemony.
Nell’attuale competizione geostrategica, le infrastrutture di trasporto transcontinentali si configurano come strumen¬ti decisivi di proiezione di potere. Questo contributo propo¬ne una interpretazione che integri la teoria del Rimland di Spykman con il concetto di “breccia” mutuato dalla poliorce¬tica, trasponendolo all’analisi delle reti globali di connettivi¬tà. In tale prospettiva, la Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) viene concettualizzata come una “fortificazione” multilivello vol¬ta a consolidare l’influenza cinese nell’area d’influenza del Rimland, mentre l’India–Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC) viene identificata come la “breccia” strategica che si inserisce in un segmento relativamente meno consolidato, al fine di de¬stabilizzare il sistema intermodale della BRI. La metodologia è elaborata applicando concetti trasposti dall’arte degli assedi, individuando tre diverse fasi per l’indivi¬duazione, la modellizzazione e l’apertura della breccia. Lo stu¬dio evidenzia come l’IMEC sfrutti asimmetrie geopolitiche e in¬frastrutturali per aggirare choke points critici quali Hormuz e Suez, diversificare la connettività indo-europea e contendere l’egemonia logistica della BRI.
In the current geostrategic competition, transcontinen¬tal transportation infrastructures emerge as decisive in¬struments of power projection. This contribution proposes an interpretation that integrates Spykman’s Rimland theo¬ry with the concept of “breach” borrowed from poliorchet¬ics, transposing it to the analysis of global connectivity networks. In this perspective, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is conceptualized as a multilevel “fortification” aimed at consolidating Chinese influence in the Rimland area of influence, while the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) is identified as the strategic “breach” that fits into a relatively less consolidated segment in order to destabilize the BRI intermodal system. The methodology is elaborated by applying concepts transposed from the art of sieges, identifying three differ¬ent phases for the identification, modeling and opening of the breach. The study highlights how IMEC exploits geo¬political and infrastructural asymmetries to circumvent critical choke points such as Hormuz and Suez, diversify Indo-European connectivity, and challenge the BRI’s logis¬tical hegemony.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Andrea Gallo, "La poliorcetica come chiave interpretativa dell’India–Middle East– Europe Economic Corridor" in: "Bollettino dell'Associazione Italiana di Cartografia 181 (2024)", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2025, pp. 114-125
Languages
it
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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