China’s BRI Completes A Decade. Why Ignoring It Won't Be Wise For New Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing

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The mega connectivity and infrastructure project led by China, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), completed a decade this year despite several geopolitical developments that have made the world undergo a paradigm shift in the past 10 years. From a Covid-19 pandemic, to a Taliban comeback in Afghanistan and now two raging wars on two sides of the globe, the BRI has made considerable gains manifesting stability in the Chinese decision-making process, albeit with some major hiccups. India,