An aerial view shows stranded ships waiting to cross the Suez Canal at its southern entrance near the Red Sea port city of Suez on March 27, 2021. MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Foreign Policy | 20 January 2024
The Belt and Road Initiative wasn’t a sinister plot. It was a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption: More belts and more roads.