CARLA P. FREEMAN, MIE ŌBA OCTOBER 10, 2019ALLIANCE POLICY COORDINATION BRIEF Source: Getty Summary: The United States and Japan should collaborate with other like-minded countries to uphold suitable standards for infrastructure financing and development. Related Media and Tools FULL TEXT (PDF) Print Page + This brief is part of the China Risk and China Opportunity for the U.S.-Japan Alliance project. ISSUE BACKGROUND The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s scheme to boost global connectivity and market integration principally through the export of its infrastructure development capabilities, is redefining Southeast Asia’s economic and security environment. Although the BRI risks the usual pathologies of large-scale infrastructure development—corruption, environmental degradation, social instability, and debt—it also promises an array of economic benefits to the region’s diverse economies, not least by addressing the region’s massive infrastructure deficit and potential
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