From the editors’ preface:

Pawel Behrendt discusses the geopolitical implications of the New Silk Road(s). He focuses on how China is investing its resources to support its geo-economic interests in Central and Southeast Asia. Behrendt presents the doubts of countries in ASEAN and South Asia about the long-term sustainability of the BRI and their concerns about China’s power projection in the South China Sea. The chapter also introduces counter initiatives by the US, Europe and Japan to the BRI.