China’s Belt and Road and Its Alternatives: Competing or Complementary?

China’s Belt and Road and Its Alternatives: Competing or Complementary?

Since President Xi Jinping’s announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has invested over $1 trillion in thousands of projects around the world. This has addressed some of the projected infrastructure investment gap in the Global South; however, it has also sparked significant geopolitical and geoeconomic competition between China and the … Read more

Don’t Count on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Disappear 

Don’t Count on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Disappear 

Screens show Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez as he speaks during the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, Oct. 18, 2023. Credit: Casa Rosada Advertisement While China hosted a multitude of partners at the Belt and Road Forum this week in Beijing, many of us in Western capitals are pouring over a decade of … Read more