Atlantic Council Strategy Papers Series

Silk Road 2.0: US Strategy Toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative

A conversation with:

Dr. Gal Luft

Co-Director

Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Ambassador C. Boyden Gray

Founding Partner

Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC

Dr. Miyeon Oh

Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative

Atlantic Council

Moderated by:

Barry Pavel

Senior Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair,

and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

Atlantic Council

Written by Dr. Gal Luft, “Silk Road 2.0: US Strategy Toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative” explores how the United States should engage with China’s tremendous infrastructure-building project, and recommends the United States pursue a strategy of constructive participation.

This strategy is built on five pillars:

1.Acknowledge, Engage, Adjust;

2.Articulate Red Lines;

3.Carve a Role for the United States;

4.Integrate the BRI into the Framework of Overall US-China Relations; and

5.Present America’s Own Vision for Infrastructure Development.

Join us on October 4 as Dr. Luft discusses his paper with Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, Dr. Miyeon Oh, and Mr. Barry Pavel.

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