China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Consequences
The Belt and Road Initiative has major strategic implications for international relations. Three leading institutions are bringing together recognised international authorities to debate the significance of China’s proposals for her Asian neighbours and the wider world.
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Overview
China's Belt and Road Initiative has attracted much interest since its first announcement by Xi Jinping in 2013. This conference seeks to focus attention on the linkages between the economic and geo-strategic/security implications of this ambitious idea. The Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Lau China Institute of King's College London have brought together a group of recognised international experts in both the economic and geo-strategic implications of China's proposals and the responses of other countries to them.
Speakers include:
Dr Shirley Yu, King's College London
Prof Wang Yi-Wei, Renmin University Beijing
Arif Rafiq, Middle East Institute, Washington DC
James Schwemlein, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nadege Rolland, National Bureau of Asian Reseach, Washington DC
Dr Chun-Yi Lee, Nottingham University
Raffaello Pantucci, Royal United Services Institute
Prof Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern University
The conference will be chaired by Prof Kerry Brown, Lau China Institute, KCL and Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director Asia, Wilson Center. The proceedings will be published in Asian Affairs in 2019.
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Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
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