Geopolitics and BRI: How Security Redefined BRI in 2025 — and What to Expect in 2026

Geopolitics and BRI: How Security Redefined BRI in 2025 — and What to Expect in 2026

When the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the grand vision was economic: build railways, ports, highways, and digital networks that would weave together Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. For more than a decade, most headlines about the BRI focused on billions […]