{"id":99,"date":"2020-04-22T20:27:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/salises\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:33:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/salises\/research\/belt-and-road-initiative\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid salises-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div id=\"sub_content\" class=\"bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2 class=\"page-title\">About<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe UWI-Global Belt and Road Research Network is an interdisciplinary research group engaged in informing and evaluating deepening cooperation and the emerging development partnership between China and the wider Caribbean region.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe network serves to stimulate discourse, dialogue and debate on the various dimensions of Caribbean-China relations and provide a platform for the sharing of ideas between public, private and academic actors.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThrough seminars, symposiums, conferences, policy forums, partnerships with academic institutions and research centres, the network endeavours to generate independent research and produce scholarly work on the critical interactions among China, the Caribbean and the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tImportantly, this in depth analysis will enable Caribbean policy makers in their efforts at planning&nbsp;and fashioning appropriate policy frameworks as they engage with the Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>THEMATIC AREAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe scope of the research addresses global themes across disciplines that concern the development challenges and potential for Caribbean states and the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Investment, Trade, Economy&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment Finance and Investment Instruments<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTrade Law<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness Alliances and Partnerships<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<em><strong>Caribbean International Relations&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGeopolitics and Foreign Policy<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth-South Cooperation<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCARICOM-China Relations<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUS-China Relations and the Western Hemisphere<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em><strong>Environment, Sustainable Development, Infrastructure, Technology<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInfrastructure<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProject Management&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnology Exchange<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCooperation for Sustainable Development<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRenewable Energy<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBiotechnology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTransportation&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The UWI-Global Belt and Road Research Network is an interdisciplinary research group engaged in informing and evaluating deepening cooperation and the emerging development partnership between China and the wider Caribbean region. 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