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Sino-Pakistani Counterterrorism Collaboration Grows
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan may seek China's assistance in exerting pressure on Baloch militant sanctuaries located in Afghanistan.
Laos-China Railway Inaugurated Amid Mounting Debt Concerns
By Sebastian Strangio
The $5.9 billion railway, an impressive feat of Chinese engineering, is set to tie Laos ever closer to its northern neighbor.
China’s Policy Banks Are Lending Differently, Not Less
By Tristan Kenderdine
How Chinese policy and commercial banks are behaving operationally in their foreign lending activities is shifting, but not necessarily diminishing.
Rail Freight Use on China’s Iron Silk Road Underdelivers
By Tristan Kenderdine
Is China’s CR Express destined for the industrial graveyard of Eurasian economic policy history?
COVID-19: The Nail in the Coffin of China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
By Lee YingHui
Rejigging the BRI to focus on soft infrastructure projects in the digital and health sectors could help rejuvenate the initiative in a post-COVID world.
Inside China’s Belt and Road Tangle
By Sebastian Strangio
Far from being a strategic masterplan, the BRI is a chaotic enterprise that contains the seeds of its own negation.
China-Laos Relations in Focus with New Railway Project Milestone
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The kicking off of track laying work spotlighted the development of a key infrastructure project within the bilateral relationship.
High Expectations as China’s Xi Lands in Nepal
By Peter Gill
The first Chinese leader to visit Nepal since 1996, Xi’s trip carries with it high expectations and geopolitical undertones.
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative Undermining Human Rights?
By Abbas Faiz
The BRI has provided much-needed development, but it has also generated more authoritarianism.
Xi Goes to Rome: Course-Correction for China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
By Jeff M. Smith and Fabio Van Loon
Italy would have been better served showing solidarity with Europe and negotiating with China from a position of strength.
Southeast Asia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the dynamics behind the subregion’s continued management of the opportunities and challenges within the evolving initiative.
How Can Indonesia Manage Its Concerns About BRI Investments?
By Dikanaya Tarahita and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
Jakarta may welcome, and need, Chinese investment; but it needs to mitigate the risks.
What’s in China’s New Belt and Road Recalibration?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though Beijing’s attempt to adjust its BRI approach is notable, the actual extent and impact of this recalibration remains to be seen.
What Does the Second Belt and Road Forum Say About the Health of China’s Initiative?
By Ankit Panda
The second Belt and Road Forum took place in a more challenging environment than the first.
Halal Tourism on the Rise in Asia, Just Not in China
By Betsy Joles
As Beijing connects to the world's largest Muslim markets, its attention to halal tourism lags behind Taiwan's efforts.
Are the European Union and China Systemic Rivals?
By Dingding Chen and Junyang Hu
They need not be, but competition is on the rise between them.
China’s Belt and Road: A Reality Check
By Richard Boucher
The Belt and Road makes China a player, but not the biggest nor the most dominant, in the game of international finance.
How Far Does the China Belt and Road ‘Pushback’ Really Go?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While the BRI has no doubt suffered serious setbacks, one should be wary about overestimating or misreading them.
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative an Opportunity for Indonesian Renewable Energy?
By Zahrana Nadifa Ramadhanty
Is there a significant role for BRI to play in the Indonesian renewable energy sector?
A Dam for Criticism? The Mohmand Dam Project and China-Pakistan Relations
By Krzysztof Iwanek
A Pakistani company went from losing five bids to Chinese companies to winning one jointly with a Chinese firm.
Europe’s Challenge to China
By Julian Chan
The EU’s new strategy on “Connecting Europe with Asia” could spell trouble for China’s “Belt and Road Initiative.”
Five Years Later: Reviewing China's Belt and Road Initiative
By Ankit Panda
Is China's Belt and Road Initiative running into growing pains?
Malaysia’s Canceled Belt and Road Initiative Projects and the Implications for China
By Blake H. Berger
Malaysia–China relations are poised to remain friendly and may even offer China an opportunity to reassess how BRI projects are evaluated and implemented.
Why Central Asia Is Betting on China’s Belt and Road
By Umida Hashimova
Central Asian countries are betting on the BRI for long-term benefits, despite the apparent risks.
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