. China’s Belt and Road Initiative amid Obama’s Negligence and Trump’s pessimism

Since the inception of Belt Road Initiative (BRI) by People’s Republic China (PRC) in 2014, its relations with United States have entered into a new phase rivalry and defiance an eclectic array political, economic, security issues concerns. In examining BRI factor US-China relations, this paper juxtaposes Barak Obama administration’s mild policy cold response toward as well Donald Trump’s harsh pessimism initiative. particular studying comparing Obama’s presidency (2009–2017) Democrat his approach to 2014 that Republican candidate president Trump (2017–2020) we can observe variant approaches, policies, rhetoric stance on how deal respond it. It then draws realist liberal theoretical frameworks, identify cooperative confrontational tendencies thereby offering assessment US receives BRI. These two approaches are significant understanding numerous objectives justifications internal external policies overall China’s recent growing social, economic clout influences. This article, therefore, argues although united voice against BRI, both presidents represent political party objectives, towards general.