Economic and Political Potentials of the Belt and Road Initiative

The last panel of the June 30-July 1 Schiller Institute conference featured speakers from Germany and from South-East Europe, who addressed the potential that can be unleashed by joining the BRI. Speakers include Elke Fimmen, Schiller Institute, Prof. Ivo Christov, Member of Bulgarian Parliament, Duško Dimitrijević, Ph.D., Professorial Fellow, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Serbia, Hans von Helldorff, Spokesman, Federal Association of the German Silk Road Initiative, Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, former Ambassador of Greece, former Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization and Professor Nuraly Bekturganov, Vice President of Academy of Natural Sciences of Kazakhstan.