THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

ASEAN countries play a crucial role in the Belt and Road Initiative BRI that was initiated in 2013 A number of priority BRI projects have since been implemented The implementation of BRI brings new opportunities and challenges to countries in the region and also to regional integrationIn this book researchers from universities and thinktanks in ASEAN countries study the BRI from the perspective of regional studies It presents an analysis of responses on BRI of the government and people from individual ASEAN membersThe book addresses three areas First the strengths and weaknesses of ASEAN countries and the opportunities and challenges for them in implementing the BRI a SWOT analysis second the impacts of BRI on building the ASEAN community and third interactions between BRI and ASEANChina cooperation