New Silk Road Initiative

The New Silk Road Initiative was a United States initiative in the 2010s that aimed to integrate Afghanistan with Central Asia, boosting trade and economic development.[1][2][3] Originally developed by the staff of General David Petraeus at the United States Central Command,[2] it was formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 in a speech in Chennai.[4] However, the initiative never got off the ground.[5][6][4] General Jim Mattis cancelled all military funding after Petraeus retired, and the US State Department lacked the funds to implement the projects.[5] The term "New Silk Road" is now commonly used by journalists to refer to China's Belt and Road Initiative.[7][8][9][10][11]

Key projects that were previously linked to the US initiative were later funded by other sources. The CASA-1000 hydroelectricity project is being funded by a consortium led by the International Development Association. The United States contributed 1% of the cost of the project before it pulled out, making it the smallest of seven funding sources.[12][13] The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI) is being funded by a consortium led by the Asian Development Bank.[14] Contrary to a conspiracy theory that was posted to Facebook in 2021, the United States has provided no funding to TAPI.[15]

## References

1. ↑ "U.S. Support for the New Silk Road". state.gov. https://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/st/newsilkroad.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosenberger, Leif. "The Rise and Fall of America's New Silk Road Strategy" (in en). The Street EconoMonitor. https://www.thestreet.com/economonitor/emerging-markets/the-rise-and-fall-of-america-s-new-silk-road-strategy.
3. ↑ "U.S. Relations with Central Asia after 2014 and the New Silk Road: Regional Integration, Trade and Economic Prospects". Jamestown Foundation. http://www.jamestown.org/press/events/video-us-relations-with-central-asia-after-2014-and-the-new-silk-road/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "US, India To Revive New Silk Road Seen As Counter To China's Belt And Road Project". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 24 May 2017. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-india-to-revive-new-silk-road-to-counter-chinas-belt-and-road-obor-project-1697632.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rosenberger, Leif (14 June 2021). "American Foreign Policy: The Rest of the Story" (in en). TheStreet EconoMonitor. https://www.thestreet.com/economonitor/news/american-foreign-policy-the-rest-of-the-story.
6. ↑ Chandran, Anurag Ram (5 May 2017). "Why Afghanistan Should Join CPEC". The Diplomat. https://thediplomat.com/2017/05/why-afghanistan-should-join-cpec/.
7. ↑ Tiezzi, Shannon (9 May 2014). "China's 'New Silk Road' Vision Revealed". The Diplomat. https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/chinas-new-silk-road-vision-revealed/.
8. ↑ Monteleone, David (8 January 2018). "A New Silk Road". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/08/a-new-silk-road.
9. ↑ Simpfendorfer, Ben (2009). The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230580268.
10. ↑ Kuhn, Anthony (16 May 2017). "For China's 'New Silk Road,' Ambitious Goals And More Than A Few Challenges" (in en). NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/05/16/528611924/for-chinas-new-silk-road-ambitious-goals-and-more-than-a-few-challenges.
11. ↑ "The new Silk Road" (in en). The Economist. 10 September 2015. https://www.economist.com/special-report/2015/09/10/the-new-silk-road.
12. ↑ "CASA-1000 Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission Project". NS Energy. https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/casa-1000-electricity-transmission/.
13. ↑ Putz, Catherine (8 February 2018). "CASA-1000 Creeps Toward Construction Bridging Central and South Asia". The Diplomat. https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/casa-1000-creeps-toward-construction-bridging-central-and-south-asia/.
14. ↑ "Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline". https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/turkmenistan-afghanistan-pakistan-india-tapi-gas-pipeline-project/.
15. ↑ "No, Biden administration is not helping build a pipeline in Afghanistan". Politifact. 18 February 2021. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/18/facebook-posts/no-biden-administration-not-helping-build-pipeline/.

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