Risk Assessment of China's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation With"The Belt and Road Initiative"Countries:Based on Dynamic Factor Analysis
Based on the risks associated with nuclear energy development demand,nuclear energy development conditions,trade relations,social stability,and political and economic factors,a comprehensive risk evaluation system is established for nuclear energy cooperation between China and the Belt and Road countries.Using dy-namic factor analysis,the study explores the risk levels of nuclear energy cooperation between China and 101 Belt and Road countries,providing a comprehensive assessment of both horizontal spatial differences and vertical dy-namic trends.The findings indicate that political and economic risks exert the most significant influence on the comprehensive risk of nuclear energy cooperation.The average comprehensive scores and ranking results of nucle-ar energy cooperation risks reveal variations among different countries,indicating that nuclear energy cooperation risks differ across nations.Specifically,European countries generally exhibit lower levels of nuclear energy coop-eration risks,whereas African countries tend to have higher levels of such risks.Based on the dynamic risk scores,countries can be categorized into rising,falling,rising then falling,falling then rising,fluctuating,and stable groups,with countries in the stable group representing the optimal choices for China to engage in nuclear energy cooperation.
"The Belt and Road Initiative"international nuclear energy cooperationrisk assessmentdynamic factor analysis