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The BRI is Dead? Long Live the BRI? Part IV-Bad Flail at the Rail(way) or How Not to Confront the BRI

January 5, 2024

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated so much commentary that it is conceivable that if one printed out all the relevant pages and laid them end-to-end the length might approach that of all the railway track laid under the aegis of the BRI![i] Further commentary seems even more...

The BRI is Dead? Long Live the BRI? Part I: Present at the Creation

March 29, 2023

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which consists of two main components, the sea-focused Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) and the land-focused Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), came into being in 2013.[1] Since Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the MSRI and the SREB, there has been considerable positive and negative...

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MNC Center Executive Director

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May 13, 2026

Tag: governance

Executive Director's Blog

Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Ph.D.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Lite Shouldn’t Corrupt Your Thinking

The High Costs of Addressing the High Costs of Low Costs

Chipping Away the Politico-Economic Implications of the US Stake in Intel

Apple Sauced and the Ripening of New Pathways

Killing Chinese Life Sciences, Part IV: Poison “Bills,” Side Effects, and Immunizations

Killing Chinese Life Sciences, Part III: Sequencing the DNA of US-China Ties

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