What are the challenges of security in infrastructure diplomacy? Critically evaluate the Belt and Road Initiative as an example of infrastructure diplomacy and identify geo-strategic and geo-political issues surfacing in territories encompassed by the BRI.

Critically analyse · 20 marks · 30 min

About 1200 words. The examiner marks against these:

• ☐ Give evidence
• ☐ Both sides

Debate: Is China's Belt and Road an opportunity or a strategic risk for Pakistan?