Smaller ‌projects, better use of equity and a focus on compatible standards pushed deals tied to ​the infrastructure ...

Our work covers what the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is and explores its global reach and geopolitical impact. Image — Sri Lankan road construction workers in Colombo. The island is a key link in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched in 2013, I was a great admirer. On paper, it was—and remains—the most ...

BEIJING — Representatives from dozens of countries are gathering in Beijing this week to mark the 10th anniversary of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a signature foreign policy initiative for ...

Leaders pose for a group photo at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Beijing, China, May 14, 2017. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office Nearly a decade after ...

It’s been almost a decade since Bangladesh joined the BRI. What has the Belt and Road actually accomplished in the country?

People walk past a decoration for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, Oct. 15, 2023. When President Xi Jinping first assembled world leaders to map out his vision ...

You’ll never believe it, but an economic-development scheme centrally planned by a communist party is backfiring. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was supposed to be a masterstroke of ...