China’s belt and road initiative and its energy-security dimensions

• Main Author: Umbach, Frank
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; Conflict and Stability
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81308; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47452
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is officially neither a Chinese “Marshall Plan” nor a geopolitical master strategy. At present, it involves 84 countries, rising from 65 countries in 2015, and 15 Chinese provinces. Over the last year, the number of countries being concerned or ambivalent about...