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Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Does the Belt and Road Have a Future in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan?
By Sebastien Goulard
The Taliban will welcome the hard infrastructure elements of the BRI. The “soft” components are a different story.
Laos-China Railway on Track for December Opening: Official
By Sebastian Strangio
The completion of the railway will deepen China's influence over the landlocked nation of seven million.
Dam in Cambodia a ‘Disaster’ for Local Communities: Rights Group
By Sebastian Strangio
The Chinese-financed Lower Sesan 2 dam has had a range of deleterious consequences – just what activists were warning a decade ago.
‘Build Back Better World’ and the Belt and Road Are Not Necessarily at Odds
By Keren Zhu
Notwithstanding China-U.S. competition, there are a lot of ways in which the two initiatives are complementary.
China Holds Slimmed-Down Belt and Road Conference
By Shannon Tiezzi
At least 29 countries attended China's virtual “Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation.”
B3W: Building an Alternative to the BRI or Falling Into the Same Trap?
By Francesca Ghiretti
The G-7's Build Back a Better World initiative must take special care to learn from the Belt and Road's mistakes -- including overpromising and underdelivering.
US Official Flags Future Quad Infrastructure Push
By Sebastian Strangio
Infrastructure competition between China and the U.S. could ultimately be good for the developing world.
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative a Threat to the US?
By Sara Hsu
While there's room for improvement, there is little evidence that the BRI is something to fear.
The BRI in EU-China Relations: Geostrategic Stakes
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Benjamin Barton.
Northeast China: Still Waiting for Regionalism
By See-Won Byun
China’s rust belt is a case study in how local conditions and priorities can clash with grand plans for economic integration.
Australia Ends China Deals on National Interest Grounds
By Rod McGuirk
In response, Chinese state media warned of "serious consequences for unreasonable provocation against China."
Chinese Infrastructure Projects in Indonesia Face Fresh Delays
By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and M. Habib Pashya
Indonesia's government should tread cautiously when green-lighting large-scale Chinese infrastructure projects.