President Xi Jinping’s "Belt and Road" Initiative
A Practical Assessment of the Chinese Communist Party’s Roadmap for China’s Global Resurgence
March 28, 2016
CSIS
President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” Initiative highlights the influences shaping the genesis of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, examines the balance China is seeking to strike between geostrategic ambitions and practical economic aims, and explores the mechanisms the Xi administration is establishing to manage its implementation. The report concludes by assessing potential pitfalls and making the call for an innovative U.S. approach to global infrastructure development.
