Contents Foreword ix Noel V. Lateef Acknowledgments xiii ONE Introduction 1 TWO China’s Belt and Road Initiative 11 THREE BRI—A Marshall Plan on Steroids 27 FOUR The Belt and Road Initiative in Action 43 FIVE Africa, the BRI’s Meeting Point 67 SIX Toward an American Grand Strategy for China 85 Appendix: BRI Projects List 97 Notes 157 Selected Bibliography 167 Index 169