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Browse our analysis section for news and articles on topics such as China's Belt and Road Initiative (OBOR), the world's evolving digital infrastructure competition, and the stakes for U.S. policy.

Powering the Korean Peninsula | March 17, 2021, 3:45 p.m.

This series of case studies underscores the poor state of North Korea’s existing energy infrastructure, illustrates different models for delivering projects, and considers the strategic implications of different paths forward for the peninsula's energy connections.

America's Broken Infrastructure Is a National Security Threat | Feb. 17, 2021, 6 p.m.

U.S. infrastructure has been dangerously neglected, even as it has become more strategically important with climate change, innovation, and China’s rise. At stake is the United States’ military readiness, national resiliency, and global competitiveness.

Don’t Let China Greenwash Its Belt and Road | Sept. 9, 2020, 10:08 a.m.

Xi Jinping's promise of carbon neutrality by 2060 will amount to little if his signature foreign policy vision, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continues exporting China’s environmental challenges globally. China’s poor environmental record abroad presents a strategic opportunity for the United States, if only Washington would seize it.

Japan Halts Coal Support | July 9, 2020, 8:15 a.m.

Japan will stop financing the construction of coal-fired power plants overseas in response to criticism of its backing for the carbon-intensive energy source as part of the country's push to build foreign infrastructure projects, Nikkei reports.

China Prioritizes Projects over Environment | June 2, 2020, 7:09 a.m.

China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouses gases, pledged to cut "carbon intensity" as part of the Paris Pact it signed in 2015. But China may struggle to meet its climate pledges this year as it turns to heavy industry and carbon-intensive projects to shore up its coronavirus-stricken economy, Nikkei reports.

Alibaba's Belgium Hub Sparks Protests | Feb. 25, 2020, 9:44 a.m.

Environmental and anti-globalization groups in Belgium are seeking to halt the construction of a logistics hub by Chinese company Alibaba, claiming the $80 million project will increase pollution and create only low-quality jobs, Nikkei reports.

China's Promise of a Green Belt and Road | Nov. 14, 2019, 10:01 a.m.

As China comes under increased scrutiny over its global energy investments, Chinese authorities have announced a series of multilateral initiatives to “green” its Belt and Road initiative (BRI). While just recognizing the problem is a positive step for China, these initiatives are generally too voluntary to be effective, too duplicative to be adding value, and too opaque to be adequately assessed.

China's Clean Energy Challenge | April 9, 2019, 8:36 a.m.

China’s Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) initiative is an ambitious vision for transforming the global energy system that pairs a pitch for climate leadership with Beijing's industrial policy priorities. As China makes a play for green leadership in global energy governance, the U.S. needs to present a positive agenda of its own for the clean-energy transition.

Experts React | Sept. 25, 2018, 9:45 a.m.

Five years after the announcement of China's Belt and Road, the ambitious drive to build new infrastructure across Eurasia has produced a mixed track record on key issues such as its energy footprint, debt sustainability, and environmental impact.

Reconnecting Asia Launches 11,000 Power Projects | Sept. 18, 2018, 9:26 a.m.

As Asia continues to modernize and develop transportation infrastructure, its demand for electricity will continue to grow. Reconnecting Asia’s new dataset of over 11,000 power plants can help shed additional light on the region’s changing energy landscape.

Japan Requests Record Infrastructure Budget | Sept. 7, 2018, 10:43 a.m.

Japan's infrastructure and transport ministry is seeking a record-high 19 percent budgetary increase for the upcoming fiscal year to fund domestic infrastructure improvements. The upgrades are expected to help cope with natural disasters such as typhoons, torrential rains and earthquakes.

Hydrogen and Green Shipping | Nov. 30, 2017, 3:15 p.m.

On November 30th the CSIS Energy and National Security Program hosted "Hydrogen and Green Shipping: Zero Emission Fuel in the Maritime Sector" to discuss the important role that hydrogen fuel technology could play for shipping in the transition to a low-carbon future.

Is Asia Reconnecting? | Nov. 6, 2017, 8:56 a.m.

This report highlights essays from our Big Question series - an analysis collection that explore the drivers and implications of the massive infrastructure push taking place across the Eurasian continent.

India Pushes for Electric Vehicles, but Lacks Necessary Infrastructure | Oct. 5, 2017, 9:42 a.m.

ADBI Recommended Reading | June 22, 2017, 9:19 a.m.

Here is a selection of work from ADBI related to four areas the Reconnecting Asia Project covers: climate change and sustainability, energy, regional integration, and infrastructure finance.

OBOR Expands to the Arctic | May 30, 2017, 8:47 a.m.

China's "Belt and Road" initiative is likely to extend to the Arctic circle.

Arctic Maritime Connections | May 17, 2017, 9 a.m.

Profound changes are happening in the Arctic Ocean, especially the increases in marine access from sea ice retreat, but these changes do not foretell a retooling of global maritime trade routes as many speculate.

Asia’s Creeping Catastrophe | April 26, 2017, 9 a.m.

Rising seas and extreme weather events could displace millions of people, creating large refugee flows and disrupting trade. At-risk countries should take a longer view, and the international community should support their efforts.

The Asian Development Bank in a Reconnected Asia | April 25, 2017, 1:23 p.m.

Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao discusses infrastructure investment's impact on inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Asia at the 2017 Global Development Forum.

The American Voices Initiative | Oct. 21, 2016, 10:07 a.m.

In an interview with the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) for the American Voices Initiative, Matthew P. Goodman shares his insights on regional and global implications of China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and U.S.-China economic relations at large.