Belt and Road Initiative Grand Strategy

This monograph is a compilation of selected articles written in The Economic Times between 2017-19 on China’s One Belt One Road or Belt and Road Initiative. This series of articles present a sense of various elements associated with this mega initiative and various challenges that BRI is facing and how countries are dealing with President Xi Jinping’s initiative to spread global influence. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Economic Times, New Delhi, He focuses on foreign and strategic affairs. Dipanjan had earlier worked with Aspen Institute, Mail Today, Kuwait News Agency (Delhi bureau) and United News of India. Dipanjan’s areas of interests include foreign and strategic affairs. A postgraduate in International Affairs from Jadavpur University (Kolkata), Dipanjan has traveled widely to capture various international developments in his writings.