ISAS Special Reports

The symposium on “The Belt and Road Initiative – Politics, Potentials and Partnerships” was organised by the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, in collaboration with the Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka, in Singapore on 29 January 2018. Regional connectivity and infrastructure capacities in Asia are poised to change remarkably following the implementation of the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The symposium reflected on the evolving characteristics of the BRI, its political and security challenges and its enormous economic potentials.