New Silk Road Initiative

[1][2][3] Originally developed by the staff of General David Petraeus at the United States Central Command,[2] it was formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 in a speech in Chennai.

The CASA-1000 hydroelectricity project is being funded by a consortium led by the International Development Association.

The United States contributed 1% of the cost of the project before it pulled out, making it the smallest of seven funding sources.

[12][13] The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI) is being funded by a consortium led by the Asian Development Bank.

[14] Contrary to a conspiracy theory that was posted to Facebook in 2021, the United States has provided no funding to TAPI.