A Brief on New Silk Road Strategy for an event on 17 May 2012 at New Delhi

1. New Silk Road Strategy and
Beyond
Brief of Event

2. • “I dream of a day, while retaining our
respective identities, one can have breakfast
in Amrtisar, lunch in Lahore, and dinner in
Kabul. That is how my forefathers lived. That is
how I want our grandchildren to live.”
• Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

3. Silk Road Initiative
• The Silk Road initiative was flagged by the US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over six months
ago in the presence of large number of regional
Asian players including India.
• There have been follow up in terms of other
projects as North South Corridor for connectivity
in the region that could expand physical
communication linkages providing considerable
boost to economies by expanding prospects of
trade, travel and linking people.

4. • Aim – To outline basic contours of the New Silk
Road Strategy, the prospects and challenges.
• Scope
– The Proposal and Alternatives.
– Challenges to New Silk Road Strategy
• Geopolitical.
• Economic.
• Security.
• The “Road” Ahead

5. Concept – New Silk Road Initiative
• Economic incentives reinforce political integration
and long-term stabilization.
• Convert regional competition into regional
cooperation.
• Economic and trade integration to lead political
integration and overcome traditional security
apprehensions.
• Multi modal linkages including
sea, rail, road, river water, power lines and oil and
gas pipelines.

6. Overview of US, Indian, Chinese and Russian Proposals
PROPOSAL AND ALTERNATIVES

7. CHALLENGES TO NEW SILK ROAD –
GEO - POLITICAL

8. CHALLENGES TO NEW SILK ROAD –
GEO - ECONOMIC

9. CHALLENGES TO NEW SILK ROAD –
SECURITY

10. THE “ROAD,” AHEAD

11. Event Details
• Conducted by Security-risks.com at USI
Seminar Room No 3
• Date – 17 May 2012.
• Time – 0900 – 1000.
• Interlocutor – Brig (Retd) Rahul Bhonsle
• Contact Email rkbhonsle@gmail.com