Join Harvard's Davis Center for a roundtable on China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Roundtable participants will discuss the current responses by policy makers in the EU, the South Caucasus, Central Asia and the U.S. to the BRI and the changing realities that it is producing. They will also propose their visions of what is desirable and feasible, taking into consideration the opinions of American and European officials regarding the importance of environmental standards and the need for a level playing field for companies.

Speakers:

Philippe Le Corre, senior fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; nonresident senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Mamuka Tsereteli, senior fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute; senior adjunct professorial lecturer, School of International Service, American University

Nargis Kassenova, senior fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; associate professor, department of international relations and regional studies, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan

Svante E. Cornell, director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center; co-founder, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm; senior fellow, American Foreign Policy Council; associate research professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University