by Hussein Askary
The first freight shipment consisting of twelve containers arrived by train from China to the border town of Hairatan in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on September 22, marking a milestone in breaking…
by Marcia Merry Baker and William C. Jones*
This year’s Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), representing around 25% of the GDP of the world with over…
By: Shexiu Huang * and Hussein Askary**
The cooperation between China and Africa in the education and skilled labor capacity building fields intersect two important aspects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). One is…
What are the challenges facing the African energy sector and what is the potential? What is the role of China, United States and Europe? In this new webcast from the Belt and Road Institute…
Hussein Askary (The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden)
On April 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the Director of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA), chaired the 11th meeting…
In this webcast / podcast from the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, Hussein Askary discusses with Professor Chen Xiangming, Director of Urban Studies Program and Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology…
Hussein Askary
The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
In his keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on the 21st of April, China’s President Xi Jinping proposed a new Global Security Initiative, not…
How does a village in the proverbial “middle of nowhere” leapfrog from the conditions close to the Middle Ages into the 21st century and the center of world connectivity in the matter of 4…
Hussein Askary (Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden)
The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX), through discussions with well-informed sources in Pakistan, China, and Europe reached certain conclusions regarding the fate of…
The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden is happy to present one of the most transparent and scientific views about China's rationale behind proposing the Belt and Road Initiative. Professor Justin Yifu Lin is…