New Silk Road Initiative Explained

The New Silk Road Initiative was a United States initiative in the 2010s that aimed to integrate Afghanistan with Central Asia, boosting trade and economic development.[1] [2] [3] Originally developed by the staff of General David Petraeus at the United States Central Command,[2] it was formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 in a speech in Chennai.[4] However, the initiative never got off the ground.[5] [6] [4] General Jim Mattis cancelled all military funding after Petraeus retired, and the US State Department lacked the funds to implement the projects.[5] The term "New Silk Road" is now commonly used by journalists to refer to China's Belt and Road Initiative.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Key projects that were previously linked to the US initiative were later funded by other sources. The CASA-1000 hydroelectricity project is being funded by a consortium led by the International Development Association. The United States contributed 1% of the cost of the project before it pulled out, making it the smallest of seven funding sources.[12] [13] The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI) is being funded by a consortium led by the Asian Development Bank.[14] Contrary to a conspiracy theory that was posted to Facebook in 2021, the United States has provided no funding to TAPI.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Support for the New Silk Road. https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091913/https://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/st/newsilkroad/. dead. 2018-11-19. state.gov.
  2. News: Rosenberger . Leif . The Rise and Fall of America's New Silk Road Strategy . The Street EconoMonitor . en.
  3. Web site: U.S. Relations with Central Asia after 2014 and the New Silk Road: Regional Integration, Trade and Economic Prospects. Jamestown Foundation.
  4. News: US, India To Revive New Silk Road Seen As Counter To China's Belt And Road Project . NDTV . Press Trust of India . 24 May 2017.
  5. News: Rosenberger . Leif . American Foreign Policy: The Rest of the Story . TheStreet EconoMonitor . 14 June 2021 . en.
  6. News: Chandran . Anurag Ram . Why Afghanistan Should Join CPEC . The Diplomat . 5 May 2017.
  7. News: Tiezzi . Shannon . China's 'New Silk Road' Vision Revealed . The Diplomat . 9 May 2014.
  8. Monteleone . David . A New Silk Road . The New Yorker . 8 January 2018.
  9. Book: Simpfendorfer . Ben . The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China . 2009 . Palgrave Macmillan . 9780230580268.
  10. News: Kuhn . Anthony . For China's 'New Silk Road,' Ambitious Goals And More Than A Few Challenges . NPR . 16 May 2017 . en.
  11. News: The new Silk Road . The Economist . 10 September 2015 . en.
  12. Web site: CASA-1000 Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission Project . NS Energy.
  13. News: Putz . Catherine . CASA-1000 Creeps Toward Construction Bridging Central and South Asia . The Diplomat . 8 February 2018.
  14. Web site: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline . Hydrocarbons Technology.
  15. News: No, Biden administration is not helping build a pipeline in Afghanistan . Politifact . 18 February 2021.

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