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Myanmar’s Role in China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative

By J. Mohan Malik (Routledge)

This article argues that the origins and theoretical underpinnings of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative can actually be traced back to the mid- 1980s, that is, almost three decades before the official media unveiled the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI). It examin…