Publication

The policy report analyzes the sea-based component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). More specifically, the text’s authors examine the security implications in the two strategic maritime spaces that it crosses: the South China Sea (SCS) and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The report also 1) gives special consideration to how the Road might affect the interests of the EU, finding that the BRI in its current incarnation may pose more security challenges than solutions for the Union over the medium and long term; and 2) provides recommendations the EU may consider in its policy response to the BRI.