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SUMMARY:CONNEXIONS: Webinar 09 | An Overlooked Megatrend: Understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative From Interdisciplinary Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:An Overlooked Megatrend: Understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative Fro
 m Interdisciplinary PerspectivesSaturday, June 13, 2020 | 7pm to 8pm IST\nP
 rof. Rafiq Dossani | Academic Council - FLAME University \n Director, RAND 
 Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Gr
 aduate School, USA\n Ph.D. - Northwestern University, USA\nDr. Roger Liu | 
 Faculty of Social Sciences - FLAME University\n Ph.D. in Political Science 
 from University of South Carolina, USA\nOver the past seven years, China ha
 s become the world's largest provider of development finance and the larges
 t builder of global infrastructure projects. It has done this through the B
 elt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global connectivity initiative, now active
  in over 80 countries. When complete, the BRI will have transformed these c
 ountries' development prospects by providing a base of assured transportati
 on, energy and other assets. The implications of the BRI could be profound 
 in other ways as well, including geopolitical, environmental and social cha
 nges. The talk will discuss the progress of the BRI and its wider implicati
 ons.\n View Presentation  (pdfs/webinar/Connexions-Webinar-09-An-Overlooked
 -Megatrend-Understanding-Chinas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative.pdf) <a class="but
 ton subbutton btn btn-default presenation" href="pdfs/webinar/Working-Paper
 -Rafiq-Dossani-Demystifying-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative.pdf" target="_blan
 k" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Working Paper </a> Watch Video (https://youtu
 .be/FgyV1i9ZrDA)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h4>An Overlooked Megatrend: Underst
 anding China's Belt and Road Initiative From Interdisciplinary Perspectives
 </h4><p class="web-date">Saturday, June 13, 2020 | 7pm to 8pm IST</p><p><st
 rong>Prof. Rafiq Dossani | Academic Council - FLAME University <br /> Direc
 tor, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Senior Economist; Professor, Pard
 ee RAND Graduate School, USA<br /> Ph.D. - Northwestern University, USA</st
 rong></p><p><strong>Dr. Roger Liu | Faculty of Social Sciences - FLAME Univ
 ersity<br /> Ph.D. in Political Science from University of South Carolina, 
 USA</strong></p><div class="web-desc"><p>Over the past seven years, China h
 as become the world's largest provider of development finance and the large
 st builder of global infrastructure projects. It has done this through the 
 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global connectivity initiative, now activ
 e in over 80 countries. When complete, the BRI will have transformed these 
 countries' development prospects by providing a base of assured transportat
 ion, energy and other assets. The implications of the BRI could be profound
  in other ways as well, including geopolitical, environmental and social ch
 anges. The talk will discuss the progress of the BRI and its wider implicat
 ions.</p><p><a class="button subbutton btn btn-default presenation" href="p
 dfs/webinar/Connexions-Webinar-09-An-Overlooked-Megatrend-Understanding-Chi
 nas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
 > View Presentation </a> <a class="button subbutton btn btn-default presena
 tion" href="pdfs/webinar/Working-Paper-Rafiq-Dossani-Demystifying-the-Belt-
 and-Road-Initiative.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Working
  Paper </a> <a class="button subbutton btn btn-default youtube-play" href="
 https://youtu.be/FgyV1i9ZrDA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wat
 ch Video</a></p></div></div><div class="col-md-2"><img class="img-speak" st
 yle="border-radius: 50%;" src="images/aboutflame/academic-council/rafiq-dos
 sani.jpg" /></div><div class="col-md-2"><img class="img-speak" style="borde
 r-radius: 50%;" src="images/faculty/fulltime/Roger-Liu.jpg" /></div></div>
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