Mapping continental ambitions

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a $1 trillion flagship foreign policy effort of Chinese President Xi Jinping, could reshape global networks of trade, transport, and political ties within and between countries for decades to come. But six years since it was announced, the BRI remains shrouded in confusion and controversy. Drawing insights from leading experts and the Reconnecting Asia Project, the most extensive effort to map and analyze these developments to date, CSIS will host a three-day Master’s-level introduction to China’s BRI. The course will explain what the BRI is, what it is not, and how it ...

Reconnecting Asia Director Jonathan E. Hillman joins the CSIS Trade Guys podcast to discuss the role of the Belt and Road Initiative amid U.S.-China trade tensions. Listen to the full episode below.