SECURING THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: CASES IN PAKISTAN AND SRI LANKA
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Authors
Lelah, Chris
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China
Belt and Road Initiative
One Belt One Road
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Belt and Road Initiative challenges
Belt and Road Initiative
One Belt One Road
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Belt and Road Initiative challenges
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Glosny, Michael A.
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2019-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China’s development plan to build infrastructure on a massive scale across Asia, Europe, and Africa. As President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy initiative, the BRI seeks to reinvent the ancient Silk Road by facilitating connectivity and development in addition to securing China’s growing need for resources. China faces numerous challenges in successfully implementing these projects and achieving its goals. This thesis examines and analyzes the challenges that China faces in two important cases: Pakistan and Sri Lanka. China has experienced a wide range of challenges across the political, economic, and security spectrum in successfully implementing the BRI. Violent militancy, civil unrest, environmental destruction, corruption, and the international perception of China and the BRI are the paramount issues China confronts in successfully achieving its interests. How China is able to adapt to these prolific challenges will determine the scope and scale in which China is able to continue implementing the BRI worldwide.
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