Washington has launched several projects to compete with China’s BRI, but these initiatives suffer from US lack of consistency.
The BRI and US rival initiatives
The “Blue Dot Network” and India
India may join US Blue Dot Network. This new intiative’s objective is to rival the Belt and Road. Can this new programme serve India’s own interest in Asia?
New answers to China’s BRI (1): the Blue Dot network?
In November 2019, the USA, Japan and Australia launched the Blue Dot network. Can this new initiative compete with China’s Belt and Road?
“China’s Grand Strategy”, understanding the BRI by Professor Kashmeri
Book review: Kashmeri, Sarwar, A. (2019), China’s Grand Strategy ; Weaving a New Silk Road to Global Primacy, Santa Barbara, Ca : Praeger, ABC-Clio.
US development initiative for Asia: which impacts on the BRI?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on July 30, 2018, at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum the upcoming launch of an infrastructure development plan for Asia.