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78 China Int'l Stud. 105 (2019)
The US Strategy of Competitive Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific Region

handle is hein.journals/chintersd78 and id is 105 raw text is: The US Strategy of Competitive Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific Region Liu Feitao S ince the Trump administration put forward the concept of Indo- Pacific, and even before the recent release of the Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy has consistently been a hotly discussed and heavily researched topic in the strategic and academic communities of China and abroad. Various works have investigated the background of Washington's proposal and its underlying intention, as well as the geopolitical connotations and future prospects of the strategy. However, these are rich in macro-qualitative research while falling short in down-to- earth positive analysis, and they have focused excessively on the political and security dimensions of the strategy. The strategy of competitive infrastructure investment, as a crucial economic pillar of Washington's Indo-Pacific strategic framework, has so far not been adequately subject to in-depth discussion. This article tries to focus on this perspective and analyze the objectives, path and prospects of the US infrastructure investment strategy in the Indo- Pacific, while making a tentative assessment of its potential impact on the cooperation under the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Notable Measures In November 2017, US President Donald Trump promulgated the concept of free and open Indo-Pacific at the APEC CEO Summit, and voiced support for high-quality infrastructure investment in the region by the Liu Feitao is Associate Research Fellow at the Department for American Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). The US Strategy of Competitive Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific Region SeptemherlOctoher 2019 105

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