Why India needs to take a fresh look at China's Belt and Road Initiative

India has two sets of objections to BRI: one, objections to various aspects of CPEC, and, two, concerns resulting from the view that BRI is effectively the projection of China's geopolitical interests

Two years ago, I had written a detailed comment on the “One Belt, One Road” proposal, projected by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 as a series of logistical connectivity projects across the Eurasian landmass and the Indian Ocean.

While India had even then expressed misgivings about certain aspects of the proposal, it has, over the past year, emerged as a fierce opponent. So much so that the Indian media has begun to view this opposition as part of the larger divide between India and China – on par with the border dispute, concerns relating to China’s increasing influence in South