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The PLA National Defense University's Major General Ji Mingkui argues that the initiative can help China to craft a “new image" and “win influence," especially as the US “pivot" to Asia “loses momentum."
Yet PLA experts remain eager to disavow the Silk Road initiative's link with the “string of pearls."
Though China is employing ostensibly peaceful tactics to advance the initiative, its primary goal is not mutually beneficial cooperation; it is strategic supremacy.
Seen in this light, it is not surprising that China has invited India to join the maritime Silk Road initiative.
In short, surge funding is a win-win initiative, and it must be undertaken urgently.
In particular, the initiative is designed to address two challenges faced by every grower in West Africa: land tenure and financing.
In many cases, the private sector took the initiative.
For example, at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, we are engineering socially responsible communication networks and urban governance systems, while the FuturICT initiative, an international network of researchers, is applying a multidisciplinary approach to technology development.
The Republican Party, with its 40 Senate seats, is simply filled with too many ideologues – and, indeed, too many senators intent on derailing any Obama initiative – to offer enough votes to reach the 67-vote threshold.
The Fed would have an opportunity to discuss this in its upcoming policy meetings in the context of evolutionary steps to strengthen its forward policy guidance, an initiative that Yellen has spearheaded.
Unfortunately, only 1% of all funding provided by Aid for Trade – an initiative by World Trade Organization members to help developing countries improve their trading infrastructure – is currently being allocated to ICT solutions.
One initiative, “eTrade for all,” is aimed at making it easier for developing countries to source financial and technical assistance.
This is partly because the strategy – while bearing all the hallmarks of modern Chinese brinkmanship, including reliance on stealth, surprise, and a disregard for the risks of military escalation – seeks to ensure that the initiative remains with China.
The most immediate step should be an initiative by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to get the funds flowing with a minimum of bureaucratic delay.
Asian leaders already hold such talks annually at the East Asia Summit, an important initiative that brings together India and China, with ASEAN as host.
Moreover, China is engaging in far-reaching economic projects – such as the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, which entails the construction of infrastructure linking Asia to Europe – that will strengthen its presence in, and influence over, a number of countries, thereby recasting regional geopolitics in its image.
Although the Chinese government has refused to modify its initiative, the US is demanding that China end all government subsidies and grants under the program.
America needs another Sputnik initiative.
Under the Northern Corridor initiative, for example, each of our governments has accepted responsibility for shepherding key projects.
In particular, investments in regional development via the “one belt, one road” initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank may produce expanded trade and growth in Asia (and beyond), though the effects will not be immediate.
With public perception a crucial factor in winning the war, and the Taliban poised to launch a large military initiative next spring, failure to adopt a successful local strategy could signify the last chance the international community will have to build a secure and stable Afghanistan.
By endorsing such an initiative, the international community would demonstrate that it is in Afghanistan for the good of the local population, which would help farmers sever ties with the insurgency.
A citizens' initiative of this kind will require one million signatures, obtained in different countries.
China’s invention initiative has produced such rapid results in part because the government actively cooperates with its Asian competitors.
In the past year, 10 of the 41 eligible countries have been granted debt relief under this initiative; we expect another 10 to start receiving debt relief by the end of this year.
Navigating China’s New Silk RoadBEIJING – Since its introduction by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the “one belt, one road” initiative – an ambitious plan to revitalize the ancient Silk Road overland and maritime trade routes linking East and West – has attracted considerable attention.
Like any cross-border initiative, the “one belt, one road” initiative will require wise diplomacy to manage relationships with diverse countries and careful planning to scale up effectively.
First and foremost, there can be no corruption, which would not only hurt the “one belt, one road” initiative, but would also undermine China’s ability to pursue other cross-border initiatives in the future.
China, as the leading promoter of the “one belt, one road” initiative, must take steps to ensure that businesses act responsibly.
And it should do more to spur the involvement of Hong Kong – which possesses major advantages in finance and logistics, information accessibility, talent recruitment, and implementation of the rule of law – in the initiative.
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