Science-Based Solutions for a Shared and Sustainable Future in the Belt and Road Initiative

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION have particular importance for the Belt and Road Initiative and in addressing common challenges for a shared and sustainable future. This context increases the necessity for research collaboration and provides new opportunities for developing solutions towards addressing multiple aspects of energy, environment, health, welfare, and economy simultaneously (BRIQ, 2020) with minimal or no compromise.

The Belt and Road Initiative is Opening up New Horizons

THE NEOLIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER dictated to the world by the Atlantic System has come to an end. The world is now in search of a new and more egalitarian international order based on mutual benefit and respect for national sovereignty. The last three decades have not only witnessed a shift of the center of weight of production from the West to the East, but also the rise of a Developing World in Eurasia accompanied by struggles in the economic as well as political and armed spheres.