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An Overlooked Megatrend: Understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative From Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Saturday, June 13, 2020 | 7pm to 8pm IST
Prof. Rafiq Dossani | Academic Council - FLAME University
Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, USA
Ph.D. - Northwestern University, USA
Dr. Roger Liu | Faculty of Social Sciences - FLAME University
Ph.D. in Political Science from University of South Carolina, USA
Over the past seven years, China has become the world's largest provider of development finance and the largest builder of global infrastructure projects. It has done this through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global connectivity initiative, now active in over 80 countries. When complete, the BRI will have transformed these countries' development prospects by providing a base of assured transportation, energy and other assets. The implications of the BRI could be profound in other ways as well, including geopolitical, environmental and social changes. The talk will discuss the progress of the BRI and its wider implications.
