In the early 1930s, Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, then based at the London School of Economics, jotted off a memo to the school's director, William Beveridge. At the time, the Great Depression ...

In the barely inhabited steppes of Central Asia, it is establishing the next foothold in its trillion-dollar campaign to transform global infrastructure. In the barely inhabited steppes of Central ...

Central Asia plays a key role in China’s Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) initiative, a key part of the larger Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This is thanks to the region’s abundant natural resources, ...

China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year is on May 14–15, when President Xi Jinping will welcome leaders from 28 countries and delegates from 110 countries at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.

Sanctions on Russia are sidetracking China’s Silk Road Rail Corridor – disrupting freight traffic and creating losses for China – while forcing Beijing to rethink regional trade, development and ...

This panel discussion centers on the economics of the BRI, including the identification of key development opportunities as well as potential risks and mitigation strategies. The Initiative offers a ...

SHEBOYGAN — The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation has named Road America as the “Economic Driver of the Year” for 2023. According to an economic study from Florida-based Washington ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The always insightful Jim Hamilton has an interesting post at Econbrowser in which ...