China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Its Implications for Saudi Arabia

First raised by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 and officially debuted as The Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in March 2015by the Chinese government, the evolving Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)of China has been a subject of great interest in analyzing the impact of Chinese policies on international community, particularly countries along the BRI routes.