The Belt and The Road Initiative

The Belt and the Road initiative was unveiled by the Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2013. This initiative covers a multitude of investment projects, with the aim of promoting the flow of goods, investment and people. The new connections fostered by the BRI could reconfigure relationships, reroute economic activity, and shift power within and between states. The flagship project of BRI is the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which connects Kashgar in Xinjiang, China to the Gwadar port in Pakistani province of Balochistan. In addition, there are other dimensions in evolving South Asia's landscape which have attracted scholars and experts to ponder over the recent rise in Chinese power and its implications for India. This book is an attempt to analyse the interconnected recent political, military and economic developments with regard to BRI, in light of India's concerns.