New Silk Road Initiative
The New Silk Road was an initiative of the United States for Central Asia and Afghanistan, which aimed to integrate the region and boost its potential as a transit area between Europe and East Asia.[1] The initiative was announced by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 in a speech in Chennai.[2] The New Silk Road initiative would have linked Central and South Asia in four key areas: Regional Energy Markets, Trade and Transport, Customs and Border Operations, Businesses and People-to-People.[3] However, the initiative never got off the ground.[2] The term "New Silk Road" is now commonly used by journalists to refer to China's Belt and Road Initiative.[4][5][6][7][8]
Key Projects
- Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI)
- Cross-Border Transport Accord (CBTA) between Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan
- CASA-1000
- Tajikistan Cotton Processing Complex
- Afghanistan Pine Nut Processing Plants
References
- ^ "U.S. Relations with Central Asia after 2014 and the New Silk Road: Regional Integration, Trade and Economic Prospects". Jamestown Foundation.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "U.S. Support for the New Silk Road". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
- ^ Tiezzi, Shannon (9 May 2014). "China's 'New Silk Road' Vision Revealed". The Diplomat.
- ^ Monteleone, David (8 January 2018). "A New Silk Road". The New Yorker.
- ^ Simpfendorfer, Ben (2009). The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230580268.
- ^ Kuhn, Anthony (16 May 2017). "For China's 'New Silk Road,' Ambitious Goals And More Than A Few Challenges". NPR.
- ^ "The new Silk Road". The Economist. 10 September 2015.