President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road in late 2013. By late 2018, dozens – if not hundreds – of related volumes were on sale in the Amazon marketplace, many of which were produced by long-term observers of China or global politics. Representing different disciplines and national interests, they invariably portray the BRI as the “centerpiece” of China’s strategy to project power abroad. Robert Kaplan predicts that the new Silk Road will propel China’s return to dominance. Tom Miller also paints a picture of a future world in which global power shifts from Anglo-Saxon capitals to Beijing. In Central, South, and Southeast Asia, strategic observers have been concerned about China’s expansion at the expense of the existing order. From a regional perspective, Nadege Rolland examines the BRI’s political and strategic implications in Eurasia.